In the second week of 2025, we could see a new object grace the skies as comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 gets close to the sun. In ...
Scientists have discovered a comet traveling one way out of the solar system after a close encounter with Saturn. The comet, ...
An illustration of Nasa's 'Dart' mission to test asteroid-smashing technology. It's understandable if the thought of a comet wiping out all life on earth might be an extra worry you just don't ...
“It should stay fairly prominent over the next few days as the fading comet is balanced out by the darker sky as it moves away from the sun until about Oct. 19 and Oct. 20," said astronomer Dr ...
Update, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024: images from NASA’s SOHO Observatory suggest that comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) did not survive its close encounter with the sun, and is presumed disintegrated.