Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.

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

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

It has already put on an incredible show as the third brightest comet ever observed by NASA's space-based solar observatory SOHO, and has even been imaged by keen astrophotographers in broad daylight.

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

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

This comet, named ATLAS after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System that discovered it, reached an extraordinary ...

The comet can also be viewed through your computer screen, courtesy of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Some comets ultimately disintegrate from the heat, but if Comet Atlas survives ...

In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light — also known as airglow — that occurs in the planet’s upper atmosphere ...

Astronomers are eagerly awaiting to learn the fate of comet C/2024 G3 Atlas as it approaches perihelion – the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, four times closer than Mercury – in the ...

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 comet ...