In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory. In new photos of this planet parade, the wispy glow of ...

A total eclipse of the Moon is the highlight of this month, visible ... only known comets coming up will require 10-inch or larger scopes to go deep from a dark site. C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) is a ...

(via phil plait) Unfortunately, it seems like the comet disintegrated as it swooped around the Sun, always a danger. The nucleus of Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3 ... The tail will be visible for a few days ...

This image shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) from the European Southern Observatory near its Very Large Telescope (which is visible on the mountaintop of Cerro Paranal at left) as seen by ESO ...

Stargazers in Chile were treated to a rare sight. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), also called the "Great Comet of 2025," lit up the night sky. This comet is the brightest predicted for the year.

Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year. Discovered on April 5, 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Comet G3 is on its first voyage into the inner solar system, meaning it’s packed with volatile materials that have never been exposed to the Sun’s warmth before. This makes its behavior somewhat ...

The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the ...