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India to witness a rare and mesmerising DOUBLE meteor shower on July 30!
Both meteor showers are expected to be visible in India, particularly in the southern regions and a…
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How to see the year's best meteor shower this weekend, with fireballs, colorful trails, and a Jupiter-Mars conjunction
The Perseids can be the best meteor shower of the year, thanks to bright fireballs and long colorfu…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I tried to snap a photo of the 'Devil comet' during the solar eclipse. Here's what happened.
An astrophotographer gave a reporter his best advice on how to photograph the "Devil comet" during …
Ellyn Lapointe
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How to see a double meteor shower on Tuesday night with a chance of fireballs
Whether you're in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, you can catch two different types of meteor …
Jessica Orwig
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WATCH: Massive comet fragment blazes up in beautiful blue flames over Portugal and Spain
In Portugal, a fragment of an unidentified comet streaked through the atmosphere at a blistering 45…
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A rare 'Devil comet' will appear during the 2024 total solar eclipse. Here's how to see the Mt. Everest-sized space rock.
Cryovolcanic Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, aka the Devil comet or Mother of Dragons comet, may be visible …
Ellyn Lapointe
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A comet larger than Everest will streak through the night sky in the coming weeks. Here's how to see it.
12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet with possible volcanic activity on its surface, will become increasingly v…
Marianne Guenot
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Comets that bounce around the universe could be delivering the ingredients for life to alien planets
It could help narrow down the search for exoplanets that have the correct conditions for a comet to…
Marianne Guenot
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MG Comet price slashed – India’s most affordable electric car gets cheaper
MG Motor has announced a huge price cut for its compact electric car, the MG Comet EV in India. The…
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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The real science behind the mysterious 'Devil Comet' that's larger than Mount Everest and erupting for reasons scientists don't fully understand
The 12P/Pons-Brooks comet is passing by Earth for the first time in the 21st century.
Jessica Orwig,Charles R. Davis
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We may be the only humans to ever see the green Comet Nishimura. Here's how, when, and where to spot it best.
See the Green Comet Nishimura now or possibly never. The iridescent, celestial body is gracing our …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Marianne Guenot
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These are the darkest skies in all 50 states to catch meteor showers, eclipses, comets, and other space events
Over half of the 50 US states have at least one location that's IDA-certified. And some states, lik…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny McGrath,Jessica Orwig
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A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ide…
Marianne Guenot
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A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. Here's how to see it.
Comet Nishimura is already visible with small telescopes. If it survives the sun, it will be visibl…
Marianne Guenot
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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …
Jenny McGrath
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4 reasons to convince your boss to let you miss work for the total solar eclipse
The total solar eclipse is in the middle of the workday this Monday. Here are 4 reasons that will c…
Ellyn Lapointe
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An exploding star nova is due to show up in our skies soon. Here's how to spot it.
Our neighborhood nova T Coronae Borealis is due to release a "hydrogen-bomb" worth of energy this y…
Marianne Guenot
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A Millennium Falcon-shaped comet heading toward Earth is so bright you'll able to see it with your naked eye, say astronomers
The comet, known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, abruptly brightened 100-fold on July 20 as plumes of deb…
Ellie Zolfagharifard
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Lucknow prepares to view Stone-age 'green comet' that'll be seen end of January
The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will light up the sky in the last week of January or early F…