Two science teams pored over samples from the B-type asteroid Bennu, finding chemicals linked to the beginnings of life and ...

The Bennu discovery helps to illuminate how, early in the Solar System’s history, asteroids and other planetary building blocks were not just “lumps of stone and ice, but active ‘living’ objects”, ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

Will Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS be visible again soon? No, this comet is on a trajectory that will not bring it back to Earth's vicinity for another 160,000 years, making it a rare and special event. (You ...

Yesterday, on January 14, a bright comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was seen over Ukraine. The last time it approached the Earth was 160 thousand years ago. Eyewitnesses managed to capture the tailed guest 5 ...

This beautiful photo shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) flying near Earth, as seen by astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station on 11 January. It was first spotted by NASA’s Asteroid ...

By Thursday evening, the planet will be its brightest as it fully reaches opposition and sits directly opposite the sun, as seen from Earth. Comet spotting: A one-in-160,000-years chance for some ...

By Thursday evening, the planet will be its brightest as it fully reaches opposition and sits directly opposite the sun, as seen from Earth. A comet will be spotted near the constellation ...

It will be one of the brightest comets to pass Earth in 20 years. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), reached peak brightness on 13 January. It will maintain that glow over the ...