On a long enough timescale, an asteroid, comet, or other impactor will come calling, and it’s crucial that we’re ready when ...

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 ...

Scientists believe the cosmic projectile, named after an ancient Egyptian demon, could come very close to our planet on this ...

(KRON) — Heavenly Mountain Resort is investigating an incident that occurred on its Comet Express chairlift on Monday morning. Officials confirmed that five people were hospitalized.

Centaurs — celestial bodies that combine asteroids’ rockiness and comets’ gaseousness — are relatively rare and short-lived components of our solar system. A team of astronomers has in one of these ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photographer’s description: “Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) setting behind Tahoma/Mount Rainier. Taken from a roadside pullout on the eastern side of the park using a Nikon Z8 + 50 mm f ...