The latest asteroid to pass by the Earth will be back in a few years — it's not coming for us, but it may be on a collision course with the moon.

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com ...

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to significantly brighten. Even water ice was quickly sublimating into gas in ...

The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Last summer, Perplexity launched one of the first AI-focused web browsers with Comet on the Mac. Soon, the long ...

First its rotation slowed between March and May 2017, taking 46 hours to complete a spin where it had once taken only 20 hours. This occurred as the comet neared its closest point to the sun, roughly ...

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is now known to be in the Jupiter family of comets, going from a little inside Jupiter's orbit to almost as far as Earth on its 5.4-year orbit. It is notable for its large ...

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NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, has spotted thousands of Kreutz fragments over the years —tiny icebergs just meters or tens of meters across. Larger fragments swing by more rarely.

NASA shared some new infrared images of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet this week, showing the visitor brightening up in a dramatic outburst while exiting a solar system. The images were taken by the ...