Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient ...

Thursday night could be one of the last nights you'll be able to see a super rare comet and its bright tail streaking across the Australian skies. It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear. When you ...

The Mecha Comet is a new modular handheld Linux computer that emphasizes versatility, repairability, and sustainability. Compact yet powerful, it is designed to appeal to a wide range of users ...

So, if some of a comet’s mass suddenly disappeared one day, its orbital period should remain unchanged. In the real world, however, mass does not simply disappear — it has to go somewhere.

The official name of this chunk of space rock is 101955 Bennu, which we'll call 'Bennu' for short because the numbers seem rather superfluous in this conversation. A spacecraft launched in 2016 ...

The comet, C/2024 G3 (Atlas), was first discovered in April 2024, and will be visible in Australia over the evenings from 16 January to 23 January. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) will become visible in ...