Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

Stargazers across the Southern Hemisphere have been treated to views of a comet throughout the opening weeks of 2025. This past weekend, the cosmic spectacle became even more stunning as it ...

"It is possible that asteroid 2024 YR4 will fade from view before we are able to entirely rule out any chance of impact in ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of resources that are regularly mined in the state, but perhaps not too familiar ...

A comet-like object was seen soaring across the sky last night, leaving many wondering what it was. Meteor showers streaked ...

Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.