"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.

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 ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot ...

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.

The orbit of Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) is an extremely elongated ellipse, according to the latest computations by Japanese ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Considered a long-period comet, Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS took about 160,000 years to orbit the Sun, but it won’t be returning. "This comet is not coming back because it's basically destroyed. All that's ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the Sun about 180,000 years ago, is expected to continue to be visible for the ...

In the days following the comet's discovery, astronomers worked out its orbit — and it turned out to be a "sun-skirter" that would pass less than 14 million kilometres from our star on 13 January.

Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS. Image: YouTube video screenshot/7EVEN Possibly the brightest comet of 2025, Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS has been dazzling Southern Hemisphere skywatchers, including South Africans ...

Comet 2024 G3 ATLAS has made international headlines ... It also passes "exceptionally close" to the sun during its latest orbit - less than 9 million miles - in mid-January 2025.