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 ...

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 ...

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

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light — also known as airglow — that occurs in the planet’s upper atmosphere ...

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.

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

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

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.

thereby offering a fleeting opportunity to view this extraordinary visitor from outer space. Comet G3 ATLAS would shine brighter when closest approach to Sun on January 13 The ATLAS (Asteroid ...

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