A close shave with a comet in October 2014 did a number on Mars' magnetic field, a new study reveals. On Oct. 19, 2014, Comet Siding Spring zoomed within 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has collected its 24th sample of Jezero Crater. The 'Comet Geyser' sample is "great for ...

ROBOTIC eyes have scanned the skies of Mars as an enormous comet skimed past at 200,000km/h. Rovers on the ground and satellites in space are still watching the once-in-a-million years event ...

it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly-red-than-usual Mars in an event known as a lunar occultation. But that’s not all January’s sky has to offer. A new comet, expected to be the ...

China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission is heading for to two extremely different bodies in our solar system, and should provide ...

On Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at about 18:30 UTC (14:30 Eastern), Mars will experience a very close encounter with a comet. The comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) will pass just about 130,000 ...

Your first chance comes tonight when a quarter-lit crescent moon will be positioned between Jupiter and Mars in the west soon after sunset ... debris left in the inner solar system by Halley’s comet — ...

Fortunately, Mars will be just as bright on Monday as it will be on Thursday, according to Fazekas. Comet spotting: A one-in-160,000-years chance for some A comet will be spotted near the ...