NASA say that a near earth object which is a huge asteroid is heading for Earth and will be nearest on the 29th of April 2020 ...

Comets are among the most exciting celestial objects to watch. These visitors from the outer reaches of the solar system are ...

The position of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called comet A3 and C/2023 ... [+] A3) on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, an hour after sunset as seen from North America. If you look southwest about an hour ...

Comet C/2023 A3 - Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is seen in ... and its tail extends around 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) into space. It has an orbital period of 80,000 years.

The American Hockey League has named a Utica Comet the league's Player of The Week after two game-winning goals over the ...

This year has been extra special in that regard, first with the solar eclipse, then the Aurora Borealis and most recently the appearance of the comet Tsuchinshan ATLAS. Of all those wondrous ...

ESA/NASA’s Sun-watching SOHO spacecraft spied comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS (entering from bottom right) as it darted toward the Sun. The comet reached its perihelion, or closest approach of the Sun ...

The city of Ferrara and the Great Comet of 1577. Ferrara's economy collapsed due to the 1570 earthquake Tycho Brahe, who is said to have first viewed the comet slightly before sunset on November 13 ...

While many dubbed it the "Halloween comet," the cosmic snowball of ice and dust more officially known as C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), disintegrated on Oct. 28 as it approached the sun. The comet's final ...

In April, the astronomer said that he had discovered a large asteroid with a diameter of about 200 meters, potentially dangerous for the Earth ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 as the comet was displaying an 'anti-tail.' Miguel Claro ...