Pons-Brooks, aka the Devil comet or Mother of Dragons comet, may be visible during the 2024 solar eclipse. Here's how to see ...

at a place with an unobstructed view of the horizon. Here’s what you need to know: Did Comet Atlas Survive Sun’s Heat? The comet’s close approach to Earth’s hot yellow star could be its ...

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

As the comet gets close to the sun, it gets warmed up and its icy material transforms from solid to gas. This process creates long tails and an atmosphere around the nucleus, called the coma. SEE ...

That’s very bright indeed. Unfortunately, all we can do is wait to see just how well the comet survives its close approach to the Sun. We’ll know more about its possible survival, overall ...

In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

The coma is an envelope that forms around a comet as it passes close to the sun, causing its ice to sublimate, or turn directly to gas. This causes the comet to look fuzzy when observed through ...

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Another view of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ... which gives the comet a unique shape. As the comet gets close to the sun, it gets warmed up and its icy material transforms from solid to gas.