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 ...

G3 ATLAS is believed to be an old comet, having made at least one previous close approach to the sun, with an orbital period of ... and Jan. 13 shows the comet's path and captures its exceptional ...

But 12P/Pons-Brooks is expected to reach perihelion, or its closest orbital point to the Sun, on April 21. In the days leading up to and following perihelion, the comet ... in the path of totality ...

The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. It was first spotted in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who ...

Keep your eye on the ball” is a motto for many athletes—and for astronomers trying to find Earth-threatening space rocks ...

And high above, comet Hale-Bopp hung suspended like a feathery ... with mirrors on top that can be oriented to follow the sun's path across the sky. Solar studies are one of astronomy's few ...

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero, the level for 'No Hazard' as additional tracking of its orbital path has reduced its possibility of intersecting the Earth to ...

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