An object from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in ...

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) photographed by Samit Saha of Bidada, Gujarat, India on Jan. 17, 2025. "Even after capturing several frames, I couldn't spot the comet on my camera's LCD screen.

It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the past few nights it has been putting on a show for Australian star-gazers. But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think ...

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.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does.

— Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 However, as bright as the comet may be, it will be very hard to see since it will be so close to the sun.

A timelapse taken by the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft showing comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS approaching the sun between Jan. 11 and Jan. 13, 2025. (Image credit: NASA/ESA ...

The best viewing opportunities for G3 ATLAS will be in the Southern Hemisphere, where observers can look for the comet shortly after sunset. With its bright glow, the comet is expected to outshine ...

The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun yesterday at a distance of about 8.3 million miles.