The International Space ... Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort in Pettit's image, it's actually some 87 million miles from Earth.

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who is ...

Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! But from an altitude of 254 miles (409 km) above the Earth, the comet was relatively easy to see and ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency ... mere 8 million miles (or 9% of the average Earth-sun distance) from our star.

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

The G3 Atlas comet has returned to our galaxy for a once-in-a-lifetime event and is now visible in the Southern Hemisphere.