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Say Goodbye to the Brightest Comet of 2025
A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...
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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the ...
Astrographers capture final views of 'Great Comet of 2025' that won't be visible for another 500,000 years
G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...
These 7 Wild Concepts Are in the Running For NASA’s Next Big Mission
The document builds on the academies' decadal survey, outlining recommended missions for NASA's next New Frontiers program.
Designing Nuclear-Armed Rockets To Destroy Doomsday Asteroids
A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...
Moon lander from Intuitive Machines touches down, but apparently tips over
Intuitive Machines' Athena moon lander is "alive," but it's not yet known what mission objectives can still be met.
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid zipping past the Earth at nearly 16,000 miles per hour today. The asteroid, known as "2025 DM7," is estimated to be about 42 feet across and soared past our ...
This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises
NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...