China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

The third interstellar object detected has been named 3I/ATLAS and was discovered on July 1 from Chile. Astronomers from the ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has not disappointed — and we have the pictures now to prove it. The comet, formally known as C/2023 A3, was first discovered in January 2023 by Purple Mountain ...

The images show the bright comet against a dark, starry background. Earth's glow is visible as a curve in some of the shots. "It is totally awesome to see a comet from orbit," Pettit wrote.

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

Arizona astronomers and skywatchers captured spectacular images of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS making its closest approach to Earth in 80,000 years.

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.

A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible. ... while looking through images taken by the SWAN instrument at the end of March.

A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Comet Atlas C/2024 G3, discovered by the Atlas Survey System, has been slowly ...

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.

Stargazers across Massachusetts captured photos this week of an extremely rare comet, last visible from Earth about 80,000 years ago, as it streaked across the sky. Henry Lanouette and his wife ...