The object, which has been dubbed the “Halloween asteroid” — thanks to the timing of its visit in October of 2015 as well as its unusual shape — measures around 700 meters wide and is ...

Bright “Halloween fireballs” — or Taurids ... It’s suspected of containing the remains of a 100-kilometer (62-mile) wide asteroid or comet called 2P/Encke that broke up about 20,000 ...

ONE of the brightest comets to pass Earth in nearly 20 years could be visible to the naked eye in a once-in-a-lifetime display next week. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), is ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. An asteroid about the size of a giraffe was discovered last weekend and will make an extremely close approach to Earth this ...

While some other asteroids such as 2015 TB145 (the Halloween asteroid) and 2004 BL86 (January, 2015) were visible using 8″ telescopes, the Christmas Eve asteroid will be much more difficult to ...

Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 XN1 as it approaches Earth on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Despite its close proximity, experts assure there’s no need for worry, and holiday ...