Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

A colorful display of the southern lights was captured in Tasmania on February 1, with a comet also visible in the night sky.

Scientists estimate the asteroid that produced these canyons about 3.8 billion years ago was 15 miles across. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...

Scientists used photos and data from Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the area and calculate the path of debris.

For the first time a giant asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedure, after its revealed there is a chance, ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted in SOHO images on March 25, 2024. Full Story: <a href=" Credit: NASA's ...

Read more: Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos) Wednesday, January 29, 2025: A colossal coronal hole, nearly 500,000 miles (800,000 kilometers) wide ...

More:High resolution photos of asteroid materials revealed. How NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft brought Bennu sample back to Earth. The findings were reported in two journal articles on Wednesday.

Performers have taken to the streets in London and Liverpool to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. The parade in Chinatown in the capital is part of the biggest ...

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

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