Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...

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 ...

Get ready for a stellar year ahead! From exciting rocket launches and deep-space missions to breathtaking meteor showers and lunar events, 2025 promises a packed calendar of celestial spectacles.

A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the brightest of 2025, experts say. "It is ...

This beautiful photo shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) flying near Earth, ... Its orbit around the sun takes 160,000 years, so we have a long wait before it returns. Advertisement.

Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, ... "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit," he posted to X.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit watched ancient Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 zip by the International Space Station as it makes its close ... "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on ...

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun ...

This long orbit makes the current look of Comet G3 ATLAS a very rare event, giving observers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see it. The comet has recently brightened, especially in the last ...