Comets

Halley's Comet Comet Swift-Tuttle Comet Lemmon Comet 96P/Machholz Swift-Tuttle Visibility 3I/ATLAS Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle Interstellar Comets Tsuchinshan-Atlas

Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Passed on New‑Moon Night

Dark new‑moon skies made the peak easier to see for many observers.

Two Meteor Showers Peak Together Late July as Moonlight Cuts Visibility

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks During New Moon and Solar Eclipse

Moon Joins Mars, Saturn and Uranus in Dawn Conjunction

Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peaks May 5–6 Under Bright Moonlight

Lyrids Meteor Shower Begins With Peak Set for April 21-22

Leonids Peak Before Dawn With Best Views Early Nov. 18

Leonid Meteor Shower Begins Nov. 6, Peaking Overnight Nov. 17–18

Orionids Peak Oct. 22–23 With Dark Skies Boosting Pre-Dawn Viewing

Draconids Peak Today With NASA Modeling a Brief Burst Up to 400 Meteors an Hour

Water Vapor Spotted in Tail of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Perseid Meteor Shower Offers Best Viewing Now in New Moon Darkness Before Dual July Showers

Rare Planetary Alignments Grace February Skies

Leonids Meteor Shower Peaks with Spectacular Night Sky Display

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks with Stunning Sky Show

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Offering Rare Evening Viewing

Two Comets to Illuminate Fall Skies, Offering Rare Celestial Show

September's Night Sky Offers Rare Celestial Events

Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak This Weekend

Orionid Meteor Shower To Peak This Weekend