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

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.Comet ...

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

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.

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

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 C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...