In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...

"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 ...

G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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.

A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in 160,000 years, as it lit up the night skies across the globe.

The escaping material can cause significant changes in a comet's orbit, acting like natural rocket engines, with the exact ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13—and this may have changed it ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said ...

Comets orbit the sun in elliptical paths and are "considered to be remnants from the formation of the solar system and are thought to contain clues about the origins of the universe," NASA added.

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