Because the E3 comet has such a long orbit, this is the only chance that any of us will get to see the green comet as it blazes a trail through our solar system. The comet itself isn’t expected ...

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?

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

Every once in a while, 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 ...

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is currently just past its perihelion, or closest point to the sun, on its long, 160,000 year orbit around our star. At its closest, the comet was over three times closer ...

A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the ...

This comet reaches perihelion at 0.094 Astronomical Units (AU, 8.7 million miles or 14 million kilometers, interior to the orbit of Mercury) from the sun on January 13th, and "may" top -1st ...

Astronomers initially assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun, but later observations suggested that the comet is taking a different path that will allow it to survive and perhaps ...