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

S1 (ATLAS) has met its demise after traveling too close the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) ...

The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has officially discovered 5000 comets. Comet number 5000 was spotted in SOHO images on March 25, 2024. Full Story: <a href=" Credit: NASA's ...

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.

G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) will become visible in the western sky after sunset in the coming days. Credit: @astro_Pettit/NASA Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year , another ...

Comet Encke was discovered by French astronomer Pierre F. A. Mechain on Jan. 17, 1786, according to NASA Science. Usually, comets are named after their discoverers or the observatory or telescope ...

One of the two NASA astronauts stuck in space got a much-welcome change of scenery when she stepped out for her first spacewalk after seven months in orbit. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have ...