When considering your future plans, how much weight should you give to the possibility of an asteroid (or comet) striking the ...

If you are a dedicated sky watcher, you are about to be rewarded with the final meteor shower of 2024: the Geminids are here, ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

When comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was first discovered in late September, it was almost immediately identified as a member of the ...

Comets are rarely bright enough to be seen in daylight, but models suggest this hunk of celestial debris will be as bright as Venus is at night. It's visibility is not completely assured ...

Astronomers first discovered Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) on September 27 via an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Hawaii, and the glowing celestial body quickly earned its nickname ...

BOSTON - In a year filled with comets and other amazing astronomical events in Massachusetts, this has the chance to grab the most attention purely based on the headline. It isn't just hype ...

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...