Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is expected to whiz past the Sun in mid-January, giving skywatchers an extremely rare opportunity to ...

Here’s something that you’ll kick yourself if you miss – a comet that only grazes the Earth every 160,000 years will be ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...

Some stargazers are calling it a planetary parade: Every other planet in our solar system can be seen in the sky tonight.

Scotland welcomed 2024 in explosive style with the traditional fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle at the Hogmanay street party. The 12 months which followed saw electoral change, footballing ...

Asteroids, on the other hand, do not have cometary tails. Presumably, they are more like classic rocks – without ice on their surfaces. The outgassing material from the surface of a comet ...

Dark comets accelerate through space but don’t have a dusty tail like most comets. Credit: Adina Feinstein and NASA’s Earth Observatory. The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ...

Here we look back on some of the best weather images of 2024 across the UK and Ireland, courtesy of the PA news agency’s photographers.

Nvidia Corp.’s growth has been spectacular — but Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes said that some investors are worried that the “law of large numbers” could catch up with the company in ...

It’s a long-period ... geography. The comet passed between the sun and Earth in late September and October, so light diffracted (bent around) by dust grains in the tail, which were concentrated ...