This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...
In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...
Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines ...
A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...
G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...
As the comet sped towards the Sun, the temperature increase evaporated large chunks of ice from its surface, feeding its outgassing tail and the hazy glow around its nucleus. But in early January ...
NASA STEREO-A satellite's SECCHI/HI-2 camera captured this imagery of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/NRL/B.Gallagher | edited by Steve Spaleta MLB Legend ...
The Messier catalog, popular with amateur astronomers, was actually just a by-product of comet hunting. The aim was to avoid ...