All that's left is a cloud of dust," Zhang said. Even though Comet ATLAS was only discovered over a year ago, its short life wasn’t in vain. Astronomers study Sun-grazing comets because they are ...

It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the past few nights it has been putting on a show for Australian star-gazers. But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think ...

A photograph of the C/2024 G3 "Atlas" comet ... this kind of wispy line stretching out over the cloud.” Witnessing the long tail on the rare comet had been “quite spectacular”, he said.

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the ...

This is the tail of the Atlas comet captured in the sky above Brasília, Brazil, on the 4th. Its official name is 'C/2019 Y4.' There were forecasts tha... Supercomputer No. 6 introduction ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating ... He noticed that the comet's coma — the cloud around its nucleus — had dimmed significantly during this time ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a sungrazer comet, and the encounter made it bright – so ...

The spectacularly tailed Atlas comet (C/2024 G3) has come close to the Sun. The Atlas comet made another cosmic show as it entered inside Mercury's orbit. Unfortunately, this sight cannot be seen ...

The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), skirted three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13, and has been shining bright enough to be visible to the naked eye in the days since.

Photographer Josh Durry captured a rare image of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which orbits the sun ... to find the horizon was still covered in cloud. I then headed for the M4 to find a clearing ...

"Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit." The ISS photo, which was shared on Jan. 11, captures the comet as it blazes through space. It exhibits a long visible tail that is made of gas and dust ...