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

Comets are unpredictable, fleeting visitors in our sky, and C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was no exception. This January, it graced the ...

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

Comets without tails, called dark comets, are a newly discovered space object. Now, astronomers know they come in 2 classes.

The comet was last seen in Earth's skies in 1986, Halley’s orbit period is on average, 76 Earth years. This corresponds to an ...

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.

A stellar nursery hidden in Scorpius, the Dark Tower is a glowing, wind-sculpted cloud of gas shaped by young stars’ ...

disintegrated — but it did release a huge amount of gas and dust which is why the comet's tail is so spectacular and easy to spot right now. "Essentially, the break up means the long term death ...

The photos also showed a bright streak of light, or "streamer," in the comet's tail, which is a sign that large amounts of gas and dust are leaking out of the comet, potentially via new cracks in ...

While the comet's tail is getting brighter and larger ... Tails can be made of dust and gas – the primary tail, often curved – or formed by the glowing ionized gas, a straight one called ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...