Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on April 5, in images obtained ... But at perihelion, the comet appeared only half that distance away from the sun. Viewing the ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet ... The images have been aligned so that the asteroid remains fixed at the centre of the frame, while the stars appear to move in the background.

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

The effect that causes the overall blurring of images is called ... I know of no new bright comets out this month, but I did see numerous photos of Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS from the southern ...

No doubt his theory on the solar wind soared ... Jim Lovell and Bill Anders sent back beautiful images of Earth as they read from the book of Genesis and wished Earthlings a Merry Christmas.

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

“Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit.” Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner imaged the comet a few days prior. There have been spectacular images from the ground, too, notably from astrophotographer ...