G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

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

G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.

Experts think the comet started breaking up last week, but it's still putting on a show for star gazers for a few more days.

"That’s very close," said Dr. Qicheng Zhang, a post-doctoral astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Arizona, who studies Sun-grazer comets like Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS. However, the dangerous ...

An incredibly rare sight can be seen in the Australian skies until Thursday - and won't reappear for another 800,000 years.

Often, star-grazing comets such as C/2024 G3 do not survive the encounter with the Sun, though astronomers believe that this one did so in the past. This comet's period is 135,000 years – long for a ...