Astronomers have spotted unusual molecular activity in the largest Oort Cloud comet, comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

Ever seen the Nürburgring Nordschleife driven in reverse? Witness rare footage from the 2023 Rallye Köln Ahrweiler where ...

The Comet Interceptor mission is scheduled to launch in 2029. ESA / Work performed by ATG under contract to ESA. (ESA/CC BY-SA) Once an incoming ISO is identified, Bridge would depart Earth to ...

Comet racing through space. Image by Edu INAF, photographer: Alessandro Bianconi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was first identified on March 2, 2022, by astronomers ...

Once launched, it will lie in wait a million miles from Earth, poised to ambush a long period comet (slower comets that come from further away)—or potentially an ISO. Placing spacecraft in a “storage ...

Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more ...

The ringed planet completes one orbit around the sun every 29.4 Earth years. During this cycle, the visibility of Saturn's rings when viewed from Earth changes because the planet rotates on an ...

Rosetta’s planned impact point in Ma’at shown in context with Philae’s first and final touchdown sites. All three sites are on the smaller of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko’s two lobes.