The comet made its closest pass by the Sun in late September. Comet A3 can be viewed by looking at the western horizon after ...

The comet was beautifully captured by César Briceño ... Twin tails are seen emerging from the nucleus. A dust trail made up of heavier dust particles that are lit by reflected sunlight makes ...

"My daddy," he confided, "is a star guy." Much has been made of the fact that Hale found the comet while looking through a telescope in his driveway. Few accounts note that to reach his driveway ...

Because comets like C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) are made mostly of water ice, as they approach the inner solar system, that ice sublimates into a gas as it nears the sun to create a vast, willowy tail.