G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.
Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.
New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...
G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...
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.
A photo taken from the International Space Station captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the ...
From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet ...
Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.
A recently discovered comet is making a bright debut to Earth this month, and with some effort, sky gazers might be able to ...
The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.