(KTLA) – This time last year, skygazers were treated to the “Christmas Star,” when Jupiter and Saturn aligned and appeared the closest together from Earth’s vantage point in nearly 800 years. Flash ...

(AP) - The last meteor shower of the year — the Ursids — peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas. While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises. “The ...

Look into the night sky Sunday and you just might see a bright, fuzzy ball with a greenish-gray tint. C Christina Caron Follow That’s because a comet that orbits between Jupiter and the sun will make ...

Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky before Christmas, and there's only a few days left to see the celestial object before it disappears forever.

My Christmas comet appeared around midnight on Dec. 21 at Gunner Pool Recreation Area in Stone County. Mike Masterson, a longtime columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, often writes about what ...

Click itSearching for a Christmas gift that keeps on giving? Look no further than the heavens, where you will see Comet Machholz. Astronomers say the comet, now visible with the naked eye in the ...

Recently, scientists discovered a number of new comets, two of which will be passing by Earth in October. Here's everything you can expect to find in the skies.