This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers say shouldn’t exist. Hundreds of Geminid meteors blaze across the night ...

The Geminid meteor shower is considered one of the best and most reliable of the year. It is expected to peak between Saturday, Dec. 13, and Sunday, Dec. 14, in 2025. Viewers can see up to 120 ...

It's cold outside, but stargazing is going to be heating up in December. The Geminid meteor shower, which is one of the best displays of the year, is about to peak. In Providence, the sky is supposed ...

Two comets are converging in the night sky this month You can see an online livestream of the comets via the Virtual Telescope Project later this week The comets are called C/2025 A4 (Lemmon), and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) as imaged using a Seestar S30 smart ...

The Orionid meteor shower, known for its fast and bright meteors, will peak in late October. This year's shower will be especially spectacular as two comets, Lemmon and SWAN, will also be visible. One ...

The green comets visible in the night sky are now at their minimum distance from Earth, so they should be at their brightest in the night sky. Comet Lemmon (also called C/2025 A6) and Comet SWAN ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...

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