And Southern Hemisphere observers have a ringside seat. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has just experienced a very close encounter with the sun, and will become visible low in the western sky after ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear. When you ...

Named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the comet has an orbit around the sun that passes through the outer reaches of the solar system, which is why it's taken such a long journey -- and long time -- to swing by ...

The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), skirted three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13, and has been shining bright enough to be visible to the naked eye in the days since.

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

A rare celestial spectacle could soon unfold as Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS), which last appeared in the inner solar system 160,000 years ago, has passed its closest point to the Sun. However ...

While many dubbed it the "Halloween comet," the cosmic snowball of ice and dust more officially known as C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), disintegrated on Oct. 28 as it approached the sun. The comet's final moments ...

And Southern Hemisphere observers have a ringside seat. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has just experienced a very close encounter with the Sun, and will become visible low in the western sky after ...