But the darkness does give you a chance to see some planets, stars and even possibly a comet that passes by every 71 years. As we approach 100% totality, the first planet visible could be Venus.

Asteroids, comets, and meteors are all small solar system objects, but they differ in composition and behaviour.

Every now and then, astronomers will detect an odd kind of radio signal. So powerful it can outshine a galaxy, but lasting ...

Leonid meteors are a few years away from producing a storm that dazzles viewers once every 33 years, but they could still put ...

To infinity and beyond. No, it’s not Buzz Lightyear – it’s NASA’s student launch challenge, which tasks teams from across the ...

Comets are the leftovers of planet formation ... diameter and which partially vaporize as they near their respective stars. And despite the difficulties astronomers face in detecting exocomets ...

4 and 5. Wolff's comet, which is now faintly visible in the constellation Aries, will pass over or occult some of the smaller stars of the Pleiades. At its nearest the comet will only be a few ...