An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

Asteroids, comets, and meteors are all small solar system objects, but they differ in composition and behaviour.

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

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

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 ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

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