New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...
In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.
Experts think the comet started breaking up last week, but it's still putting on a show for star gazers for a few more days.
G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13—and this may have changed it ...
It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...
G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...
This comet, named ATLAS after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System that discovered it, reached an extraordinary ...
Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.
The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...
One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.