NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
Heads up, everybody. A couple of asteroids approximately the size of a school bus are set to make close approach with Earth ...
G3 (ATLAS) is now visible in the post-sunset night sky. It's best seen in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's visible north of ...
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.
Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.
New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear. When you ...
NASA is tracking the path of a huge asteroid that will come hurtling past Earth at a staggering speed of 35,000mph later ...
Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.