Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

The research was triggered by results from ESA's Rosetta mission. During this mission, a spacecraft orbited comet 67P between 2014 and 2016. Analyses published in late 2022 showed that the comet's ...

"The true wonder of comets lies in their unpredictability—they remind us of how dynamic and mysterious our universe truly is," Balaji summed up. This celestial visitor promises to be a rare ...

For the next 300 years, astronomers assumed that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Charles Messier also produced a catalog of over 100 prominent nebulae in 1781. Messier was interested in comets, ...

Dec. 2, 2024 — A theoretical study suggests that small black holes born in the early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels, and that we should start looking ...

He intended for comet hunters to avoid them since they did not move across ... Hubble wrote about his discovery to Harlow Shapley, who had argued that the Milky Way encompassed the entire universe.

Sadhguru discusses the Ajna chakra, or Third Eye, explaining its importance in accessing higher perception, intuition, and ...