A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...

the gravity of a passing star will change the orbit of these dirt balls, sending them into the inner solar system. Some comets have been around for thousands of years, including Comet C/2024 G3 ...

Keep your eye on the sky tonight. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will ...

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.

Due to its proximity to our star, it is expected to glow brightly over the coming nights, nearly outshining the planet Venus in our skies. Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is currently just past its ...

The comet will be coming three times closer to our star than Mercury and 10 times closer ... and tall buildings are your biggest enemies. Use maps like this one to see where the darkest place ...

Once again binoculars will be necessary. The outlet reported that the comet will look like a particularly bright star, and could have a short, stubby tail sticking off of it. Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS ...

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

Closer to perihelion, those with an unobstructed view of the western horizon may be able to catch the comet in the evening near the setting sun. Interactive star maps like this one can help with ...

When it comes to celestial events, 2025 is getting off to a star-packed — or mostly planet- and comet-studded — start, including an upcoming welcome to a first-time visitor to our solar system.