Contextualizing speed and distance helps set expectations. Around perihelion, 3I/Atlas is moving at roughly 68 km per second. Its closest approach to Earth is about 1.8 AU, near December 19, which is ...

Mysterious Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from beyond our Solar System, will make its closest approach to Earth ...

While the comet poses no threat to the Earth, its uniquely positioned trajectory and origin have caught the attention of ...

The Chinese company LandSpace continues to develop the Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3), a two-stage reusable launch vehicle inspired by ...

An astute scientist has claimed the comet could be a mothership for an advanced alien life-form, sent to 'do a recon of Earth ...

NASA and ESA say 3I/ATLAS poses no threat to Earth. We explain its nickel-heavy readings, IAWN’s training drill, and why the Harvard alien claim lacks proof.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is set to pass Earth on April 13 2029, coming as close as about 32,000 kilometres from the ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

PN7 has been a mysterious space traveler, shadowing our planet for decades undetected in our vast celestial world, until now.

This quasi-moon is expected to remain in its current near-Earth orbit for about another 60 years before the gravitational tug ...

Chinese space authorities reached a new milestone this week as they tested a reusable rocket that they hope to use to join ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically ...