New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit," Petit wrote on X. FILE - Comet ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit," Petit wrote on X. FILE - Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appears over the Eastern Sierra mountains as it transitions ...

Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern Hemisphere observers have a ringside seat.

Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.

Prospects for seeing this comet will be tricky. Unlike last year's Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS which unfurled a magnificent tail for its evening apparition, G3 ATLAS will be a timid one both ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...

Because planets always appear in a line, the alignment isn't anything out of the norm. What's less common is seeing so many bright planets at once.