When comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was first discovered in late September, it was almost immediately identified as a member of the Kreutz family of Sun-grazing comets. But it was highly unusual for a ...

The Halloween Comet's untimely demise was captured by NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, which spends all of its time looking at the sun. You can watch the final moments of C1 Atlas, as ...

The comet Lovejoy, which reached its perihelion in Dec. 2011, remains the only Kreutz Path comet to have survived its brush with the sun. Max Hauptman is a Trending Reporter for USA TODAY.

Kreutz sungrazers are believed to be fragments of a single comet that broke up at some point in the distant past. The earliest sungrazer may have been observed as far back as 317 BC, according to ...

It is part of the Kreutz sungrazer family of comets that approach the sun, believed to be fragments of a larger comet that broke apart long ago. These comets' orbits typically bring them close to ...

The Halloween comet, C/2024 S1, was a member of the Kreutz family of comets, a population of mostly tiny comet fragments originating from a single parent object that fell apart near the sun ...

The Halloween comet, C/2024 S1, was a member of the Kreutz family of comets, a population of mostly tiny comet fragments originating from a single parent object that fell apart near the sun ...

Comet C/2024 S1 belongs to a group of comets known as Kreutz sungrazers, named for their characteristic close approach to the Sun at perihelion.

Several great comets from 1680 onwards have been Kreutz sungrazers. The journey is treacherous, but if the comet survives, it can become extremely bright.

Larger Kreutz sungrazers can sometimes be bright enough to be visible from Earth with the naked eye, such as Kreutz Comet Ikeya-Seki—also known as the Great Comet of 1965—which hit a magnitude ...

It's called C/2024 S1, discovered on September 27, a rare Kreutz sungrazer comet whose trajectory is due to bring it within just 1.2 million kilometers (750,000 miles) of the Sun on 28 October 2024.

Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) may disappoint skygazers as it faces potential break-up before its closest approach to the sun. Learn about this Kreutz sungrazer and its uncertain fate.