Asteroid 2025 HY2, an Apollo-class asteroid, will pass Earth on May 7, 2025, at a speed of 48,904 km/h. Though passing at a ...

Amateur astronomer Michael Mattiazzo discovered the latest comet to grace our sky. But he fears his tenth comet could be his ...

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was that rare type of comet that arrived with fanfare and lived up to the hype, serving up naked-eye views ...

The comet is currently visible in the northern hemisphere, and UK skywatchers have already begun to spot it. The comet is particularly visible during the early morning hours before dawn, when the sky ...

Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) is now the official name after its discovery was officially announced by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center. Gianluna Masi, an astronomer at The ...

The comet was dubbed SWAN25F before it was officially designated as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) by the Minor Planet Center. Astronomers were surprised to discover that the comet was already quite bright ...

One interesting thing to note is that if it has been officially confirmed by the Minor Planet Center that C/2025 F2 (SWAN) has disintegrated its name will change to D/2025 F2 (SWAN). D/ standing ...

All three reported the discovery on the Minor Planet Center's possible confirmation page. "Once we get enough data positions, it's then officially announced," Michael says. The three comet ...

The Minor Planet Center’s code for the observatory is Nanking — the historic transliteration of Nanjing. But the bulk of PMO’s research is now conducted at several satellite observatories at ...

NASA warns of asteroid 2025 HY2, the size of a Boeing, approaching Earth on May 7 at 48,900 kilometres per hour.