NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

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 ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...

Yang Changshi/VCG via Getty Images The comet will also be at its closest point to the Earth and might become the brightest comet of the year during a year when no other comets are set to be ...

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.

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear. When you ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Space enthusiasts will soon get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a stunning comet as ...

It will be one of the brightest comets to pass Earth in 20 years. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), reached peak brightness on 13 January. It will maintain that glow over the ...