As 2004 ends, skywatchers have yet another opportunity to view a naked-eye comet. Comet Machholz has been brightening steadily, and conditions are now prime. Over the past year, four other comets ...

Between July 18 and Aug. 12, you can see the Southern Delta Aquariids shower in the Northern Hemisphere by looking to the ...

To have the best shot at viewing the Southern Delta Aquariids, NASA recommends looking halfway between the horizon and the ...

Comet Machholz will be closest to Earth on the night of Jan. 5-6, 2005, when it will be 32,256,000 miles away. On the evening of Jan. 7, ...

Comet Machholz, officially named c/2004 Q2, is not expected to produce the sort of spectacular display put on by comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 or the periodically stunning Halley's comet.

Perseids and Southern Delta Aquariids will streak across Georgia skies this month. Here’s how to catch the best views.

A giant “alien” comet had a recent near-miss with our solar system’s most notorious star: the sun. Experts believe the comet – known formally as 96P/Machholz 1 – came from somewhere else ...

Out with the old and in with a comet. The new year welcomes Comet Machholz, which was discovered in August by astronomer Don Machholz in California. Astronomers predict that it might reach fourth ...

Comet 96P/Machholz, discovered in 1986 by Don Machholz, rounds the sun at a distance of just 11.4 million miles, three times closer than the planet Mercury on Tuesday, Jan. 31.

Comet 96P (Machholz) returns to our sky this spring. In this week’s show, Don shares his story about discovering the comet and how you can observe it. You can read Don’s account here .

The next shower you might be able to see is the Delta Aquariid, also known as the Southern Delta Aquariids. While the meteor ...

Donald Machholz of Colfax, California, an optician who has been interested in astronomy since age 8, discovered nine comets from 1978 through 1994. He has since spent 1,457 hours scanning the ...