Normally, planets like Mars, Jupiter ... encountered comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, it also saw two lobes with a neck between them that may be the result of a soft collision.

The Stories We Tell About The End of The World,” Dorian Lynskey cites a 2020 poll in which nearly 60 percent of young ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon.  How ...

Unlike a majority of the meteor showers we see on Earth, the Geminids are the product of an asteroid, not a comet. The reliable ... That's because Jupiter's gravity has tugged the stream of ...

Back in 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a harmless asteroid to practice thwarting a space rock, should a hazardous one ever be on a collision ... that share Jupiter’s orbit.

This week, NASA published images of a comet surging a close path to the sun ... explorers a recent image of a color-enhanced view of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno mission taken in December 2024 ...

Those with telescopes or other technology can find Neptune in line near Venus and Uranus will be near Jupiter. The Planetary Society calculations indicate Comet C/2024 G3, nicknamed Comet Atlas G3 ...

Most are located between Mars and Jupiter in the Main Belt. A comet is a rock covered in ice, methane and other compounds. Their orbits take them much further out of the solar system. A meteor is ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) will reach its brightest on January 13, 2025, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. Detected in April 2024, its perihelion approach offers a rare viewing opportunity as ...

Although some of the planets and the comet will be visible with the naked eye, using binoculars or small telescopes will give you a better view, allowing you to see Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ...