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I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sunA NASA researcher in planetary sciences explains how he discovered a new meteor shower linked to a disintegrating asteroid.
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Rare 'planetary parade' will return to the evening sky this weekSix planets will shine together in the evening sky on Feb. 28. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear.
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Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLASComet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will eventually be thrown out of the solar system forever, just like the "alien" comet 3I/ATLAS.
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New 'sungrazing' comet could become visible to the naked eye during the day — if the sun doesn't destroy itThe newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early April, and could become bright enough to be seen without a telescope during the day.
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The Snow Moon will 'swallow' one of the brightest stars in the sky this weekend: Where and when to lookOn the night of Feb. 2, skywatchers in eastern North America can see the moon occult Regulus — a rare event visible to the naked eye.
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Ursid meteor shower 2025: When and where to see 'shooting stars' on the longest night of the yearHere's how to see the Ursid meteor shower, which peaks in dark skies close to a new moon this year.
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How to find the 'Christmas Star' — and what it really isA brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the "Star of Bethlehem."
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See a rare conjunction of Mercury and Venus late tonightThe inner planets Mercury and Venus will both be visible in the east-southeast sky before sunrise on Tuesday, Nov. 25.
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This week's Leonid meteor shower could be one of the best in years. Here's why.The Leonids peak overnight Nov. 16-17, offering up to 15 meteors per hour under dark, moonless skies.
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