Named after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey that first detected it, 3I/ATLAS includes the “I ...

The recently discovered asteroid 2025 QD8 will zoom closely by Earth on Wednesday. However, there is no need to be concerned. This space rock will safely pass by our planet, and you can watch as it ...

There are many programs that detect near-Earth asteroids as part of countries' planetary defense strategies. In the case of ...

Asteroid 2025 SC79 is the size of a skyscraper and moves around the solar system at a record-breaking speed. Astronomers ...

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A rogue visitor from deep space, Comet 3I/ATLAS, has put NASA on alert after its trajectory and behaviour shifted ...

I/ATLAS is set to reach its closest point to the Sun on Wednesday (October 29), at around 11:47 Universal Time (UT). The ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from the chopping block in a last-minute decision. There will be a significant ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, and raised hopes that a space rock could be deflected from a collision ...

A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...