Evidence from medieval chronicles suggests that the periodic nature of Halley’s Comet was recognized centuries earlier than previously believed. Edmond Halley is widely associated with identifying the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist’s impression of the planet Theia colliding with ancient Earth to create the moon. (MPS/Mark A. Garlick) Roughly four and a ...

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS exhibits a bright, extended ion tail while releasing gas and dust as it travels through the inner solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The interstellar object hurtling toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, is much larger than previously thought, astronomers say. A comet named 3I/ATLAS likely weighs more than 33 ...

Stokey’s Solar Walk transforms the revetment between Bonchurch and Wheelers Bay into a to-scale model of our planetary ...

Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon.