Hey, guess what? Two asteroids, each about as big as a school bus, are zooming past Earth this Tuesday. They’re going super fast—over 25,000 miles per hour.

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It will be one of the brightest comets to pass Earth in 20 years. The space rock, formally known as G3 ATLAS (C/2024), reached peak brightness on 13 January. It will maintain that glow over the ...

Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort in Pettit's image, it's actually some 87 million miles from Earth. Sunlight tends to ...

This incoming comet may be even brighter (Picture: Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock) Here’s something that you’ll kick yourself if you miss – a comet that only grazes the Earth every ...

G3 ATLAS takes 160,000 years to complete one orbit around the Sun, making its appearance a very rare event. Shweta Singh Updated : Jan 12, 2025, 05:19 PM IST Skywatchers are excited about a rare event ...

Because of this, it is the biggest known comet, surpassing even comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR ... The Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico was hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago, when Earth was teeming with ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Space enthusiasts will soon get a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a stunning comet as ...