Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

The escaping material can cause significant changes in a comet's orbit, acting like natural rocket engines, with the exact changes depending on the direction, speed, and amount of the escaping gas and ...

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light — also known as airglow — that occurs in the planet’s upper atmosphere ...

Every once in a while, the gravity of a passing star will change the orbit of these dirt balls, sending them into the inner solar system. Some comets have been around for thousands of years ...

“It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit,” he wrote on Instagram. “Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit.” Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner imaged the comet a few days prior. There have ...

A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said ...

In the days following the comet's discovery, astronomers worked out its orbit—and it turned out to be a "sun-skirter" that would pass less than 14 million kilometers from our star on January 13.

Nevadans may have seen an unusual white streak in the sky. Not quite a cloud and not quite a comet, the sight left people ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is currently just past its perihelion, or closest point to the sun, on its long, 160,000 year orbit around our star. At its closest, the comet was over three times closer ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13, reaching the perihelion of its massive, 160,000-year orbit through our solar system. The comet was only first ...

The escaping material can cause significant changes in a comet’s orbit, acting like natural rocket engines, with the exact changes depending on the direction, speed, and amount of the escaping ...