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

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

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

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.

"It also has to have an absolute brightness of 22.0 or less (lower values of the magnitude are brighter = larger objects), i.e. an asteroid (or comet) that would cause significant regional damage ...

“It is expected that some objects launched off the moon by an asteroid or comet impact would evolve into these kinds of orbits.” Multiple studies about the object have been published since its ...

PT5, initially identified as a near-Earth asteroid, is believed to be a lunar fragment due to its unique orbit and mineral composition matching lunar rocks. Researchers propose it could have been ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.