Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

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.

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

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Today’s astronomy photo of the day is none other than the comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

The brightest comet of the year, which has been lighting up the sky over the past week ... experienced during its close... Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is seen after sunset from Montevideo on January ...

Soon after, Rosetta will deploy its lander, Philea, to study the mysterious comet up close, and the trio will travel together around the closest point in its orbit of the sun. (Video: ESA ...

For most comets that don’t pass extremely close to a planet, these changes are typically more subtle compared to those caused by outgassing, but can add up over time and so cannot be ignored by ...

While many dubbed it the "Halloween comet," the cosmic snowball of ice and dust more officially known as C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), disintegrated on Oct. 28 as it approached the sun. The comet's final moments ...