The asteroid was first observed on October 22 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey in Hawaii.

A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

The ATLAS survey, a four-telescope system tasked with tracking near-Earth objects, first observed the asteroid in images ...

Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.

NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it made its ...

China’s Tsuchinshan (or “Purple Mountain”) Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa documented it for the first time in history as ...

Brilliant Jupiter rises at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and by twilight on Nov. 30. It can be found in the constellation Taurus at ...

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

The Popular Astronomy Club meets the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Butterworth Center in Moline. All are welcome to attend. You can also find us on Facebook or visit our website, at ...

ATLAS stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The main difference between this comet and the prior one is their distance from the sun. Last week's comet passed about halfway ...

Comet ATLAS was first detected on September 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Hawaii.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or C/2023 A3, was first detected in January 2023 by the Tsuchinshan Observatory in China and an an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South ...