A pair of studies provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth.

Residents of West Michigan witnessed a breathtaking spectacle late Tuesday night as bright streaks illuminated the sky.

In a breathtaking celestial event that captivated thousands, a meteor streaked across the night sky, leaving spectators in awe from Puerto Rico to the Dominican Republic. The dazzling sight, which ...

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

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.

The last time Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) passed Earth, humans were beginning to spread across the world after leaving Africa. It was first spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

The comet was first spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 5 April last year - when it was 407 million miles away from Earth. It is now zooming past at less than ...

It’s a plane! No, it’s an asteroid-comet hybrid called a ‘centaur’ that might not even be that. Asteroids are metallic rocks that form close to the sun, while comets are dirty snowballs ...

Researchers have found that a space object called Chiron has traits like both an asteroid and comet. William Gonzalez Sierra It really rocked their world. Scientists using the James Webb Space ...

Credit: William Gonzalez Sierra UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” that exhibits traits of both a comet and ...