In 2024, scientists studying ancient sediments in the eastern United States reported signs of a comet exploding in Earth’s skies 12,800 years ago. That event, they suggested, might have plunged the ...

NASA confirms 3I/Atlas poses zero threat, with its closest Earth approach a safe 270 million kilometres on 21 July 2025—over ...

A massive coronal mass ejection (CME) is hurtling from the Sun's far side, setting a collision course for the unusual ...

A bright fireball seen over Thailand on October 26 may be debris from a 10,000-year-old comet, with more meteors expected.

A photographer snapped a striking shot of Comet Lemmon streaking over Scotland as the night sky unexpectedly filled up with a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Gemini South Observatory in Chile captured this photo of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in July.

A vivid green fireball that exploded over the southern U.S. on Oct. 14 may have been a shard of the Comet 2P/Encke.

3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to whoosh through our solar system, after 1I/ʻOumuamua (discovered in ...

A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor. The comet known as 3I/Atlas will hurtle within 18 million miles ...