While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

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Stargazers across the Southern Hemisphere have been treated to views of a comet throughout the opening weeks of 2025. This past weekend, the cosmic spectacle became even more stunning as it ...

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

Skywatchers on Thursday evening, Feb. 6, will notice an eye-catching pairing-off between two of the brightest objects in the ...

More than a decade of data about the particles zipping around our sun could be used to solve many mysteries, from the ...

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Scientists studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules that ...

After it made its closest pass to the sun (perihelion) on Jan. 13, the comet became very bright, and shortly thereafter ...