The Leonid meteor shower peaks on November 17, 2024, with possible additional activity on November 14 and 19-20; moderate ...

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that broke up about 10,000 years ago.

A team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids and comets with new solar data sets to develop a revised solar composition that potentially reconciles ...

Stargazers across Dorset could be treated to ‘one of the UK’s most reliable meteor showers. Although the Leonids are active from November 6-30, the peak is expected to occur on the evening of November ...

As we round the corner of 2024, there are plenty of events happening when you should keep your eyes to the sky.

On November 12, 2014, a European spacecraft named Philae tried to land on Comet 67P. To say it was a bumpy landing would be ...

A decade ago, scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) had just wrapped up the yearslong process of building a ...

The opening date for Hitchin's new GAIL's bakery has been confirmed. GAIL's has taken over 16 Bancroft, which was previously occupied by Monsoon, and the company has now confirmed it will be opening a ...

A charity has launched an appeal to raise funds to teach men how to cook. Triangle Community Garden in Hitchin is hoping to raise £3,000 for Man Made Meals - an initiative designed to teach cooking ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...