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.

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

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 ...

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

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

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

More about comets Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS' 'near-death encounter' with the sun may have blown it apart, new photos suggest Rare comet could shine bright as Venus as it falls toward the sun ...

Comets are unpredictable, fleeting visitors in our sky, and C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was no exception. This January, it graced the ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on April 5, in images obtained with a 19.7-inch (0.5-meter) reflector telescope located in Rio Hurtado, Chile, the comet met ...

"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 ...