Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

As we, people, live in cities and become more and more disconnected from nature, it's easy to forget how majestic and gorgeous it is. We like to think that we're the most influential beings on the ...

The pictures are amazing, and the video below is also worth watching. Because the craft was so close, each picture it took was just a small part of the sun’s surface. ESA stitched together ...