Another sungrazing comet has been discovered after last month's C/2024 S1 (ATLAS). Citizen scientist Zesheng Yang found the ...

Research supports the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis, suggesting a comet fragment caused significant climatic changes and ...

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

Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on Thursday (Nov. 28), it seems ...

Halley’s Comet returns to Earth’s skies every 76 ... A stony, S-type asteroid that orbits the sun every 324 days and comes close to Earth every decade, Apophis hit the headlines after a ...

Humanity is better prepared than ever before to prevent a large asteroid from crashing into Earth, but there's more work, and ...

A BUS-SIZED “mini moon” is in the final days of its trip to Earth’s skies – and will soon vanish until 2055. The holidaying ...

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 XR close encounter: online observation – 3 Dec. 2024. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: new image – 13 Nov. 2024 Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 VX3 very close encounter: ...

The aurora in early October followed by the appearance of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS the following week had me thinking about the rare events we observe in astronomy.

The Geminids are "one of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers," according to NASA, with up to 120 meteors falling per hour at its peak.

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is set to pass near Earth this Saturday, at a distance only slightly farther than the moon. According to the Jet Propulsion Lab ...

Named after the constellation Gemini, the Geminid meteor shower is a yearly occurrence. Starting November 19, these shooting ...