And you thought your commute was long. A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving — and should be visible in our skies in the upcoming days, according to ...

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032. The good news? It's not coming for ...

This week, skywatchers will be treated to yet another rare treat: Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, makes its way past Earth. This comet will be visible to the naked eye as it ...

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A comet is visiting Earth for the first time in 80,000 years, and you can see it this fall. Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was first discovered in 2023. Its last trip to our ...

An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will round Earth mid-month, but an astronaut on the International Space Station captured amazing photos of it circling the sun. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid China launched its second planetary exploration mission ...

Before we can jump to any conclusions, Christianson cautions that comets being a source for organic molecules on Earth is a very contentious topic. "We don't know for sure what influence ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.

Comets — those small ... of our solar system's formation and holding clues about the origins of life on Earth. In a recent study, scientists developed a groundbreaking model to trace how ...