Comet A3 is just becoming visible in the sky and over the next few weeks will put on a show that's easy for family viewing. David Zura speaks with an academic astronomer.

Elon Musk has issued a warning for the public after a giant asteroid made a close approach to our planet. Reacting to ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured comet Comet 96P/Machholz latest flyby of the Sun from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, 2023. See a time-lapse of the footage here.

On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE" became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet. Originally ...

The BepiColombo Mercury probe made a flyby of its ultimate destination on Wednesday ... created by large asteroid or comet ...

Scientists say microscopic black holes could explain the elusive "dark matter" that makes up a quarter of all matter in the ...

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has successfully completed its fourth of six gravity assist flybys at Mercury, capturing ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The comet was discovered on August 12, 2023 by Hideo Nishimura during 30-second exposures with a ... [+] standard digital camera.

sending the comet hurtling out of the solar system after its flyby," spaceweather.com reported. If this hyperbolic orbit is confirmed, Comet Nishimura would join a very short list of interstellar ...

The last time the comet was spotted was 50,000 years ago. Nasa officials said the icy visitor was first spotted in March 2022 while it was inside the orbit of Jupiter. It has been visible to those ...

We are now coming down the home stretch regarding comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. First sighted at China's Purple Mountain Observatory on Jan. 9, 2023 and independently on Feb. 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Where is the “green comet” right now? If you want to see the “green comet” tonight then know that your window to witness ...