A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 will swing close to Earth in 2032. The chances of an impact remain ...

In addition, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became ... while the head of the comet (called the ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

The chances of our planet colliding with this newly discovered object in 2032 are very remote, but they have recently almost ...

Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius ... left over from the early days of planet formation about 4.6 billion years ago. Their ice starts to disintegrate as they get ...

A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet, ...

The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (Jan. 14) when it came within 88 million miles (142 million kilometers) of our planet. A day earlier, it reached ...

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 ...

and I’m talking about the ATLAS comet. What’s the deal with this? DEAN REGAS: Oh, man, this sounds great. Again, this is the brightest comet we’ve seen in a long time. Its brightness is about as ...

Due to its proximity to our star, it is expected to glow brightly over the coming nights, nearly outshining the planet Venus in our skies. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is currently just past its ...