Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...
A celestial body recently discovered by a Chinese observatory has been confirmed as a comet by the International Astronomical Union IAU Astronomers ...
Skies over South Carolina kick off 2025 with a planet parade, ancient comet and the muse of "Beyond Antares," a 23rd-century love song from "Star Trek" fame.
Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet. The planet ... meaning it’s a kind of planet often called a Hot Jupiter. That alone isn’t too exciting – those ...
Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) will reach its brightest on January 13, 2025, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. Detected in ...
Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...
The ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey in Chile first detected Comet G3 ATLAS on 5 April 2024. It was at magnitude +19, which was faint and quite hard to see. This makes ...
Green predicts the comet could reach a maximum magnitude of -3.2, placing it between the brightness of Jupiter and Venus, which are prominent in our evening sky. "The comet will be close to the sun ...
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant ...