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One particularly bright star in the Andromeda constellation has three. McCarthy offers to reveal the secret of the team's success at spying exoplanets. We walk into the dark dome and pass under ...
Comets, which are composed of ice, frozen gas, dust and rocky material, are believed to be relics of the early solar system.
Astronomy fans will be craning their necks upwards over the next few weeks as the Lyrids meteor shower will be visible in the ...
A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.
A disintegrated comet has left behind a glowing dust cloud—here’s how to spot it before it vanishes from the northern sky.
A newly-discovered comet is currently hurtling towards the sun and could be visible to UK stargazers. The unexpected comet is ...
Discovered in March of this year, Comet Swan (C/2025 F2) is visible low in the pre-dawn northeast sky, before moving to the ...
The remnant will appear within the constellation Andromeda in the northeastern sky a couple of hours or so before sunrise, Zang said. Then, the dust cloud will reappear in the night sky toward the ...
Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.