Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

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

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures ...

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

The comet ATLAS, experts say, has a 1,60,000 year orbit around the Sun. It was discovered in April 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), hence the name. As for its origin, ...

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 ...

Mars' moon Phobos may actually be a comet — or at least part of one — that was gravitationally captured by the Red Planet long ago, a new preprint study based on previously unpublished photos ...

the "Great Comet of 2025" due to its daytime visibility and spectacular nighttime sightings. In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory, it's not hard to see why. Photographer Yuri ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Today’s astronomy photo of the day is none other than the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).

"Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit." The ISS photo, which was shared on Jan. 11, captures the comet as it blazes through space. It exhibits a long visible tail that is made of gas and dust ...

Veteran comet hunters have called G3 (ATLAS) the "Great Comet of 2025" due to its daytime visibility and spectacular nighttime sightings. In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory, it's ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the ...