G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

New insights into the extreme conditions behind "disintegrating planets" reveals how they are consumed by the heat of their ...

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.

The escaping material can cause significant changes in a comet's orbit, acting like natural rocket engines, with the exact ...

A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13—and this may have changed it ...

A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said ...

YR4, which was recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years, may have caused some alarm.

Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.

On average, 10 long-period and 20 short-period comets cross Earth's orbit each year. Short-period comets orbit the Sun in less than 200 years and exist in the Kuiper Belt just beyond Neptune ...

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 ...