A rare visitor from beyond the Solar System has given scientists a fleeting chance to peer into the chemistry of deep space.

A fresh analysis of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák observations suggests it abruptly reversed its spin after its last Earth flyby—an extreme and unprecedented change.

New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left a framed family photo on the Moon’s surface. Gene Shoemaker was a US geologist who studied terrestrial craters and discovered many comets and planets. When he ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS was full-on erupting into space in December 2025, after its close flyby of the sun, causing it to ...

Comet C/2024 E1 has been photographed as it nears Earth - but even at its closest, it will still be 150 million kilometres ...

NASA is looking for new providers to supply low-gravity parabolic flights for spaceflight training and scientific research.

Stevenage and North Herts faced the brunt of Storm Ciara, resulting in widespread disruption to travel and power networks.

This twist — that 3I/ATLAS' outer layers have been baked by the sun — does not derail our mission. It just makes the science ...

The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower will peak on 8 2026. Best visible from southern skies, it offers shooting stars and ...

The 3-season animated hit Star Blazers, based on the popular anime Space Battleship Yamato, revolutionized the genre in ...

STUNNED astronomers have spotted a new comet out in space – and it this could be a pretty special one. There’s a chance it’ll ...