December is an exciting month for those who like to look up, with a comet, a meteor shower, and a conjunction between the ...

THE United Nations has officially confirmed the Earth’s planetary defences will be tested by the bizarre 31/ATLAS comet that ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.

The Geminids peak Dec. 13, producing up to 120 meteors per hour visible from 8 p.m. until sunrise. Plus, a recap of ...

To catch the Geminids peak, look to the eastern sky all evening on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The meteors will appear near the bright planet Jupiter. With the darkest possible skies, you could see up to 120 ...

T he Geminids meteor shower will take place in just one week. This annual display is considered the best meteor shower of the ...

NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors ...

May 28 (UPI) --China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch ...

Tianwen-2 successfully launched to study asteroids. It will collect samples from asteroid Kamoʻoalewa. The mission will also investigate comet 311P/PanSTARRS. This mission aims to understand the early ...

Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

China on Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Photo ...

This year, the internet has taken great interest in 3I/ATLAS — only the third interstellar object ever detected, though also the third since 2017. (The overwhelming scientific consensus suggests ...