Comet Encke
Good News. Comet Encke Only Threw a Handful of Giant Space Rocks in our Direction
As comets travel along their orbit they dump material along the way. A stream of debris known as the Taurid…
Could Mercury Get A Meteor Shower From Comet Encke?
We're sure going to miss the MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury when it concludes its mission in 2015, because it keeps…
Tracking Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy through November
Tired of comets yet? Right now, northern hemisphere observers have four (!) comets within range of binoculars in the dawn…
Morning Comets Continue to Dazzle in New Images, Timelapses
While many are anticipating seeing Comet ISON, there's more in the sky these days than just one comet. There are…
Four Comets Haunt the Halloween Dawn! Here’s How to See Them
Get your astronomical trick-or-treat bags ready. An excursion under the Halloween morning sky will allow you fill it in a…
Weekend Comet Bonanza!
Astrophotographers were out in full force this weekend to try and capture the bonanza of comets now visible in the…
How to See This Season’s “Other” Comet: 2P/Encke
2013 may well go down as “The Year of the Comet.” After over a decade punctuated by only sporadic bright…