Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

As President-elect Donald Trump readies for a second administration, the space industry is watching for one tiny but key development: if he’ll bring back the influential National Space Council.

"This comet as it stands, is only possible to photograph during the glare of the sun," Josh Dury told Space.com. "Being near the apparent brightness of Venus makes it a possible target at dusk ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has snapped a stunning photograph of the super-bright "New Year comet" seemingly shooting behind Earth. The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ...

Avid stargazers should ready themselves to view a comet that won't be visible again for another 160,000 years. It was recently announced that Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024), which was only discovered in ...

Northern Beaches Council said it was working on safely removing the matter. Most of the samples of the ball-shaped debris were the size of marbles, with some larger, it said in a statement.

The mission would study the comet's interior by smashing into its surface and taking pictures of the impact crater and all the dust and dirt it kicked into space. Deep Impact launched from Cape ...

The Space Needle is located in Seattle Washington. It was built in 1962 just in time for the World's Fair. The top looks like a Flying Saucer and is meant to inspire people to look towards the future.

according to Space.com. While studying the comet's orbit scientists learned that the celestial body was likely much older than they initially thought, and likely passed by the sun some 160,000 ...

A plasma tail may extend out into space for tens of millions of kilometers ... you won’t be able to get a glimpse of it for another 6,800 years. The weird shaped comet 67P captured by Rosetta. Credit: ...

Top left: Sunset at the Rubin Observatory on Chile's Cerro Pachón (photo: Olivier Bonin/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory); Right: ESA’s Space Rider will remain in orbit for six months to ...

January 2025 offers a variety of captivating celestial events. Key highlights include the Venus and Moon conjunction, Quadrantid meteor shower peak, a Saturn-Moon occultation, Earth at perihelion ...