The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has captivated astronomers with its unusual behavior, challenging established comet physics. Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in ...
“It started with just a faint dot on the ATLAS survey data, a ‘garden variety’ transient object noticed by astronomer Larry ...
On Jan. 12, NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station sent back an image of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). A comet that hasn’t been in the inner solar system for around 180,000 years and ...
A newly discovered comet, C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS), could be the brightest of its kind visible from Earth in 2026. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun on April 19 and its closest approach ...