The asteroid is currently located in the constellation of Lynx, at a distance of more than 1.9 million miles (3.2 million ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

In this video, we use Python lists to simulate many projectile motion balls at once, showing how to store positions, velocities, and update motion over time. Learn a simple, scalable approach to run ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19. The comet will remain about 170 million miles from our planet and poses no danger. While not visible to the naked eye ...

Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

New SPHEREx and Hubble observations document post-perihelion changes in gas and dust emissions from interstellar object ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever observed traveling through the solar system, following 1I/'Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. Each encounter has sparked fascination—and ...

David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space rocks. Here’s what he has to say about that “high consequence” work, an ...

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Some physicists believe that a fifth fundamental force could be the cause of some observational anomalies. A study is investigating ways to closely examine the trajectories of well-documented ...