Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

It’s characterized by the release of infrared radiation from excited hydroxyl (OH) molecules and can be seen lining Earth as a brownish color in Pettit’s image. With the ISS experiencing 16 ...

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station ... in the night sky at TheSkyLive.com. C/2024 G3 is the latest of several unusually bright comets that have passed close to Earth in the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night ... Earth, relative to the ISS.