Metallic beads in Arctic mud point to a comet impact that may have triggered the Ice Age 12,800 years ago, challenging ...

This new measurement suggests some comets — particularly those such as 12P/Pons-Brooks — could indeed have delivered water, and possibly other life-essential elements, to a young Earth.

Avi Loeb, the chair of the astronomy department at Harvard, has suggested that 31/Atlas could be an alien probe on a “reconnaissance mission”.

Mankind must decide how it’s going to deal with contact with extraterrestrials — and time could be running out, one expert warned — after he sounded the alarm that an incoming ...

The Perseid meteor shower is considered the best of the year due to the 50 to 100 meteors viewers can see per hour.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in the sharpest view yet captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, helping astronomers ...

A cosmic visitor is stirring an earthly debate. A Harvard astrophysicist has suggested the incoming interstellar object ...

Stargazers are in for a treat over the coming days as a stunning Perseid meteor shower peaks over Irish skies. The ...

In Perseid’s case, the bright fireballs come from muck left behind buy the Comet Swift-Tuttle which will comes from the ...

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through trails of dust and debris left behind by comets or asteroids. The Perseids ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower is underway now. It’s expected to peak Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning.

The Perseid is one of the most famous meteor showers in the world - and there's a great place to see it from the UK.