Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3 ... Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

(Credit: Nazarii_Neshcherenskyi) There aren’t many comets that are visible to observers without binoculars or telescopes. But one may be coming, and coming soon. Dubbed the "New Years Comet" for its ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...

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

Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.

Over the coming days, it will move into the evening ... You can see how the comet gets easier to see the darker the sky becomes. For the new comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), imagine the video running ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory may shine a lot of light on dark comets when it comes online this year. 2025 could be a record-breaking year in terms of discovering new dark comets. In 2017 ...

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

Astronomers originally thought C/2024 G3 was a new comet, which means it was unlikely ... through our solar system once before and survived coming close to the sun before. A message from Benjamin ...

It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...