A massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago, sparking the Younger Dryas.

Researchers reveal how cosmic airbursts strike Earth without craters - and why they may be more common and destructive than ...

A cosmic visitor is stirring up an earthly debate. A Harvard University astrophysicist has suggested the incoming ...

Metallic beads in Arctic mud point to a comet impact that may have triggered the Ice Age 12,800 years ago, challenging ...

Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to ...

Of course, 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary comet. Discovered on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

Hubble also captured a dust plume ejected from the Sun-warmed side of the comet and a hint of a dust tail streaming away from ...

STARGAZERS are preparing for one of the best meteor showers in the astronomical calendar with up to 150 fireballs shooting ...

STARGAZERS are preparing for one of the best meteor showers in the astronomical calendar with up to 150 fireballs shooting through the sky an hour. Experts at the European Space Agency say the ...

This new measurement suggests some comets — particularly those such as 12P/Pons-Brooks — could indeed have delivered water, and possibly other life-essential elements, to a young Earth.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got an up-close look at a headline-grabbing object known as 3I/ATLAS that has wandered into ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured its most detailed image yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. The rare comet is ...