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

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

Keep your eye on the sky tonight. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will ...

He also cautioned that because the comet is so close to the sun, it’s not wise to use binoculars to see it. Andrew Fazekas of Astronomers without Borders, a California-based organization that ...

The brightest comet of the year was spotted skimming just past the sun by a satellite orbiting our star. The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on ...

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 ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...

Here’s how it works. In the second week of January, we could see a new object grace the skies as comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 gets close to the sun. For context, Mercury orbits the sun from as close ...

While studying the comet's orbit scientists learned that the celestial body was likely much older than they initially thought, and likely passed by the sun some 160,000 years ago. Luckily for ...

Comet ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...