G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...
G3 (ATLAS) is now visible in the post-sunset night sky. It's best seen in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's visible north of ...
A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in ...
In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.
Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station ...
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.
Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern ...
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 the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort ...
G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.