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

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

The asteroid warning network is affiliated with the United Nations. Officials activate the IAWN when an asteroid bigger than ...

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

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era. Insights from a University of California study suggest that early Earth had ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). The comet's closest approach to ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

However, as the remains of the comet head further away from Earth, this rare sight will slowly fade into oblivion. Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering?

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...