ScienceAlert7d
Check Out These Amazing Photos of Comet G3 ATLAS Soaring Past Earth
Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.
Space on MSN12d
Why Comet G3 (ATLAS) will be 'remembered as the Great Comet of 2025' (photos)
"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...
Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty nears Earth this week
A small object, 2015 DJ155, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to pass by Earth on January 31, traveling ...
The Sun25d
Once-in-a-lifetime ‘sungrazer’ comet set to pass Earth today – it won’t be visible for another 160,000 years
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 ...
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Astronomy20d
Does a comet’s period change because it loses mass every time it nears the Sun?
or Earth can produce small but noticeable changes in comet orbits, especially for comets that pass close to these worlds. As with outgassing, changes in a comet’s orbit due to the combined ...
Astronomers Are Keeping an Eye on This Asteroid’s Odds of Hitting Earth
Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...