Halley's Comet holds a special place of significance and popularity among both the general public and the astronomy community ...

Meteors from the Eta Aquariids, known for their speed and created from space debris originating from Halley's comet, will zoom across the sky as the shower peaks.

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

WASHINGTON — A meteor shower from Halley's Comet will light up the night skies with glowing trails this week. The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks early morning on Tuesday, May 6 and will ...

The Eta Aquarids are known for their fast meteors but probably more so for their parent—the famous Halley’s Comet.

Back in 1986, when the comet last swung through the inner solar system, it lost about 1/1,000th of its mass. Rice said that the dust trail crosses Earth's orbit twice, which gives us two yearly meteor ...

Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system's birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these ...