The "once-in-a-lifetime" comet that recently lit up night skies for the first time in millennia might be falling apart after ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

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

Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern ...

Following the Quadrantids meteor shower, another incredible sky event is about to take place: comet Atlas C/2024 G3 will soon ...

Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.

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

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

After its closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion, Comet C/2024 lost its nucleus and now looks more like a "fuzzy cloud" because it’s not putting out new dust. Comets that get this ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet just made its closest approach to the Sun, becoming visible for the first time in 160,000 years. During perihelion on Monday, Comet C/2024 G3 came within 8.6 million miles ...