The "once-in-a-lifetime" comet that recently lit up night skies for the first time in millennia might be falling apart after being singed as it slingshotted around the sun, new photos suggest. However ...

After snapping some pictures of the comet, Hungarian astronomer Lionel Majzik spotted that the head of the comet was no longer the comet's brightest part, and a streamer had appeared on its side, ...

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

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

"The head of the comet became so bright, it overwhelmed LASCO's sensor, creating artificial horizontal bands (known as "bleeding") in the images," NASA explained. The comet was only first ...

Even when the comet’s head is no longer visible, its tail can still be seen if it’s long enough. The jury’s out on how the comet’s beauty will stack up to others this year, but we’ll ...

Comet ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...