The latest update concerning "the other comet" of October 2024 — Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) — is that it continues on target to completely disintegrate before it sweeps around the sun early next Monday.

The comet, discovered in July 2025, originated far beyond our Solar System and is thought to be around 7 billion years old - ...

On Friday, December 19, the comet made its closest pass to Earth, safely cruising by at a distance of approximately 167 million miles.

A rare comet will dazzle the Illinois sky again this weekend as it continues to pass by the sun in a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. What is the name of the comet tonight? Comet C/2023 A3, also known ...

The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...

Astronomers are eagerly awaiting to learn the fate of comet C/2024 G3 Atlas as it approaches perihelion – the closest point in its orbit to the Sun, four times closer than Mercury – in the early hours ...

BOSTON - In a year filled with comets and other amazing astronomical events in Massachusetts, this has the chance to grab the most attention purely based on the headline. It isn't just hype, there is ...

Its time for one last look at comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. This long-period comet from the Oort Cloud — a sphere around the solar system that’s home to millions of comets — comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also ...