A huge asteroid with is set to fly past Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029 - at a distance of less than 20,000 miles. The massive 1,000-metre-wide cosmic projectile is 28 times bigger than the ...

One of the best meteor showers of 2024 closes out the year this coming weekend. If skies are clear, watch for the Geminid meteors, peaking on the night of Friday into Saturday, December 13-14th. To be ...

This artist’s concept shows interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) after its discovery in 2017. While itself not a dark comet, ‘Oumuamua’s motion through the solar system has helped ...

Leading expert to lead free event ‘A Comet at Christmas’ in Preston Blog Preston 18:02 Sat, 07 Dec Water on comet has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth’s oceans Tech Explorist 10:53 ...

As humanity grows increasingly aware of the potential threats posed by asteroids, efforts to monitor and mitigate these risks intensify. NASA’s upcoming mission to the asteroid Apophis aims to gather ...

A new "main-belt comet" — a comet-like object masquerading as an asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — has been identified, bringing the tally of these beguiling objects up ...

Apophis: Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time. Here’s why scientists are watching Apophis. What is NASA doing to protect Earth from asteroids? Within the last few years, NASA and other ...

Researchers have found that water on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a similar molecular signature to the water in Earth’s oceans. Contradicting some recent results, this finding reopens the case ...

Discovered in 2007, 333P/LINEAR is a periodic comet belonging to the Jupiter family, known for its relatively short orbital period. C/2024 G3 (ATLAS): Is expected to reach peak visibility on Jan.