G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.
Michigan State University and NASA researchers discover seven dark comets that reveal new solar system secrets.
New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...
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) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a ...
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 ...
The idea of cosmic threats to Earth almost sounds like the stuff of fiction. But while alien invasions may be far fetched, ...
However, as the remains of the comet head further away from Earth, this rare sight will slowly fade into oblivion. Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering?
Because the period of an object does not depend on its mass, comets’ orbital periods remain unchanged due to mass loss.
New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear. When you ...
The so-called 'planetesimal belts' are filled with tiny millimeter-sized particles created by collisions between comets.
Just like Earth, comets also spin on an axis (or sometimes tumble on multiple axes, like a wobbly, spinning top, but that’s a topic for another day!) as they orbit the Sun. The time it takes to ...