CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday appointed to his Cabinet a close ally who was ...

The “comet of the century” will still be visible for another few days in North America. The icy object, known to scientists ...

A judge is pressing the U.S. government to explain why a portion of the memo authorizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ...

Just days after a once-in-a-lifetime comet was spotted over Texas, San Antonio skywatchers will have the chance to witness ...

The ancient comet—dubbed the “comet of the century”—returns to the inner solar system only once every 80,000 years.

In April, northern New Hampshire was in the path of a total solar eclipse, visible in towns like Stewartstown. The next eclipse is not expected until 2079.

As the comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS continues to move farther from both the Earth and the sun, its brightness will fade.

The passing of comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas is close enough to Earth, an estimated 44 million miles away, to see with the naked ...

An icy comet that will take 80,000 years to return – if it survives the trip – is streaking across the sky this October.

Don't miss the the celestial wonder on spectacular display on Tuesday night—if you do, you'll be waiting a while to see it ...

Comets that are visible to the naked eye are not common,” said Tim Brothers, the manager for the MIT Wallace Astrophysical ...

CHICAGO, (NBC) — Prepare to spot a rare, bright comet. The space rock is slinging toward Earth from the outer reaches of the ...