While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

A canal in a suburb of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires turned bright red this week. Local media reports suggest the colour ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

The probability of a 2032 collision with the 50-meter asteroid has risen to 1.9%. However, ongoing calculations in the coming ...

NASA’s Chandra finds black holes recycle gas, ensuring a constant fuel supply. Their outbursts cool matter, triggering a ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

The United Nations has activated its Planetary Security Protocol for the first time in history. The catalyst for this ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...