On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...

G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute ...

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

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it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly-red-than-usual Mars in an event known as a lunar occultation. But that’s not all January’s sky has to offer. A new comet, expected to be the ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame.

Those who miss the comet will still have the chance to see a cool space event Monday night, said Brothers, from MIT. There will be a lunar occultation of Mars. That means Mars will slip behind the ...