Here's what to know about the "devil comet," officially known as 12P/Pons-Brooks, and how to look for it on April 8.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...

The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) ...

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a parade of planets in the post-sunset sky.

Add the Jupiter crash of comet Shoemaker-Levy in 1994, Halley's most recent visit in 1986, vivid comet West in 1976, and the scientifically signifiant—if visually disappointing—Kohoutek in ...

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We’ll also get a chance to see a handful of comets, like C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) in the constellation Cassiopeia and Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, which orbits between Jupiter and Neptune. Here’s when you ...

To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers to tell us about the best nights of the ...

Tuesday, April 9: 2% lit crescent below Jupiter, with comet 12P/Pons-Brooks between them. The crescent moon that ends Ramadan and begins Eid is known as the “Shawwal Moon” since it begins the ...