Halley's Comet, for instance, whizzes past Earth every 76 years ... Estimates indicate they may cause up to 6% of all impacts ...

"Our ambitious Rosetta mission has secured a place in the history books: not only is it the first to rendezvous with and ...

In that stream, Rosetta found lots of organic material and other data that revealed that a few noble gases in Earth's ...

It also was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa. The comet reached its closest approach to Earth on Oct. 12 — but if you missed it then ...

A comet seen down on Earth this weekend could make another appearance ... Observatory in China and by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in South Africa ...

The so-called "Halloween comet" vaporized as it flew within 1 million miles of the sun on Monday, its destruction captured by ...

Officially named C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), the comet was discovered in September by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert ...

During its closest pass of Earth on 23 October ... The comet was discovered only in late September by the Asteroid ...

The comet will be crossing near the Earth for the first time in 80,000 ... China’s Tsuchinshan and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa.

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...