A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...

G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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

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

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

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

The comet, C/2024 G3 (Atlas), was first discovered in April 2024, and will be visible in Australia over the evenings from 16 ...

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...

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.

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

Great question! Assuming you’re referring specifically to the orbital period — in other words, how long comets take to make one revolution around the Sun, or a cometary “year ...

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. When you ...