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.

Comets are unpredictable, fleeting visitors in our sky, and C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was no exception. This January, it graced the ...

Keep your eye on the sky tonight. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

When comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was discovered it was very faint, which suggested its nucleus is relatively small. As a result, it seemed likely to fall apart during its close approach to the sun.

Do the periods of comets decrease because they lose mass every time they get near the Sun? Robert Bailey Conover, Wisconsin Great question! Assuming you're referring specifically to the orbital period ...

"This relatively close approach classifies it as a sun-skirting comet, though not close enough to be a true 'sungrazer'," Shyam Balaji, astroparticle physics and cosmology researcher at King's ...

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. | Credit: NASA/ESA According to ...

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 ...

The icy space rock, known as C/2024 G3 Atlas is approaching the inner solar system. It is expected to make its closest approach to the Sun around Jan 13, when it may be visible, shining as brightly as ...

or stay the same depending on the details of the comet’s outgassing during that particular close approach to the Sun. In addition to the period, other aspects of a comet’s orbit that might ...

When comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) was discovered, it was very faint, which suggested its nucleus was relatively small. As a result, it seemed likely to fall apart during its close approach to the Sun.