A surprising discovery has been made by the Planetary Defense Team that detected the 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid whose path ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest Earth flyby tonight at 1 a.m. EST, NASA confirms. Learn when and how to watch live.

A comet from another star system is sweeping through our cosmic backyard and, for the first time, astronomers have picked up ...

New observations of 3I/ATLAS provide real data that scientists are using to evaluate asteroid behavior ahead of Apophis’ 2029 ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by our planet at a safe distance of 1.8 astronomical units (roughly 167 million miles or ...

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

Asteroid Apophis will make a historic close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, passing within 32,000 kilometers. While ...

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS nears Earth, showing a rare anti-tail, changing brightness, and new clues about its origin, with no risk to our planet.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. During the first step of humankind’s first-ever lunar-Earth ...

As the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS prepares for its close flyby of Earth, debate over its origins and behavior has intensified, ...

A spacecraft on its way to explore Jupiter flew past Earth on Wednesday, using the planet's gravity to help it travel through the solar system. The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, ...

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft — which stands for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — has completed a historic, first-of-its-kind flyby of Earth and the moon. "The gravity assist flyby was ...