In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory. In new photos of this planet parade, the wispy glow of ...

When the European Space Agency got word from their comet lander that it had bounced its way into a dark corner of the comet, they knew it meant a race against the clock. Timing is an issue now ...

Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year. Discovered on April 5, 2024 by the ...

For some comets, gas and dust might escape more or less evenly over the comet's entire surface, like a melting ice cube. In other cases, gas and dust may escape from a specific location in a ...

Prior to Comet C/2022 E3's initial sighting in January, the last time it was viewable from Earth was reportedly during the Upper Paleolithic or Old Stone Age Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter ...

It came from the Oort Cloud, a giant web of floating miniature planets lying just beyond the edges of the solar system. It ...

They are the Centaur Orbiter and Lander, Ceres Sample Return, Comet Surface Sample Return, Enceladus Multiple Flyby, Io Observer, Lunar Geophysical Network, and Saturn Probe. The Centaur Orbiter ...

NASA launches NF-5, revolutionizing planetary missions with advanced technology to explore new horizons on the Moon and in ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of life on ... is very rare on Earth's surface but is more common in asteroids and in molten rock deep within the planet.