The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years ...

A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...

The sun might burn the comet up, making us the first, last, and only humans to ever see it. But if the ball of space ice survives its fiery flyby, it will reappear in the Southern Hemisphere at ...

Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ... called the coma. SEE MORE SPACE PHOTOS —James Webb telescope reveals mysterious 'light echo' in the broken ...

The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, are based on data captured by the European Space ... the comet is just the bare nucleus. As it gets closer to the sun, the ice within the ...

Whenever the famous comet returns to the inner solar system its nucleus sprays ice and rock into space. NASA says: "This debris stream results in two weak meteor showers each year: the Eta ...