A new hypothesis suggests that the breaking apart and eventual collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 – the first space rock ever directly observed hitting another Solar System body, Jupiter ...

Previous research claimed that the rock was a “long-period” comet from the Oort Cloud—an icy sphere of debris around the outer solar system—and that Jupiter caused it to hit Earth.

There is consensus among scientists that the mass extinction was caused by the impact of a large asteroid or comet that hit the Yucatan ... asteroid from beyond Jupiter. Scientists came to the ...

This week, NASA published images of a comet surging a close path to the sun ... explorers a recent image of a color-enhanced view of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission taken in December 2024 ...

In fact, Venus will hit its brightest peak of the year on Feb ... It can be seen all night. Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann will appear between Jupiter and Neptune in February. It also has a magnitude ...

by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (Atlas)—a network of telescopes that scans space for asteroids that could potentially hit Earth. The comet comes from the Oort Cloud ...

At its brightest, Venus has a magnitude of -4.5, while Jupiter and Mars are around -3. Despite hopes that the comet would be visible during the day, it did not get bright enough during its brush ...

Those with telescopes or other technology can find Neptune in line near Venus and Uranus will be near Jupiter. The Planetary Society calculations indicate Comet C/2024 G3, nicknamed Comet Atlas G3 ...

Studying this Jupiter-sized world and its long comet-like tail can teach us more about the physics of space, including how planets and their host stars evolve together over time. "The WASP-69b ...