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

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

Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

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 ...

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

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

Equally as characteristic is the formation of a dust tail, much resembling that of a comet tail, as the dust escapes into space. "These planets are literally spilling their guts into space for us ...

disintegrated — but it did release a huge amount of gas and dust which is why the comet's tail is so spectacular and easy to spot right now. "Essentially, the break up means the long term death ...

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 New Zealand skies.

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

The comet's post-perihelion appearance closely resembles that of the long-ago Comet 1962 C1 Seki-Lines." He also noted the structure of small striae in the dust tail. Each such parallel feature was ...

A photograph of the C/2024 G3 "Atlas" comet, captured in Uruguay. A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the Sun ...