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

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.

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

Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...

"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Right now Comet ATLAS appears in ...

Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station ...

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

G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...

The Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is expected to be the brightest comet in nearly 20 years, making it as easy to spot as the planet ...

The escaping material can cause significant changes in a comet’s orbit, acting like natural rocket engines, with the exact changes depending on the direction, speed, and amount of the escaping ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit." Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point ...