Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

Comet E3 is set to pass by Earth at the end of this month, coming its closest to Earth on February 1. Until then, though, NASA has shared a spectacular E3 comet photo. This particular E3 comet ...

NASA’s NEO Surveyor has passed its critical design review, clearing the way for construction and testing. This infrared ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

the comet will make its closest approach to the sun on Jan. 12, according to NASA. Named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the comet has an orbit around the sun that passes through the outer reaches of the solar ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

According to NASA: "Scientists calculate that an average periodic comet lives to complete about 1,000 trips around the Sun. Halley has been in its present orbit for at least 16,000 years ...