It has long been assumed that the gases of a comet tail are pushed away from the comet by the pressure of light from the sun. It now appears that many tails are caused by a wind of charged ...

Battams Karl Battams, LASCO's principal investigator at the U.S. Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., processed some of the images to bring out fine details in the comet's tail and create the ...

In the days following its perihelion, people around the world snapped some stunning pictures of the comet and its spectacular tail. While not visible from the Northern Hemisphere, people in the ...

Thursday night could be one of the last nights you'll be able to see a super rare comet and its bright tail streaking across the Australian skies. It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the ...

A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European ...

Unfortunately, this sight cannot be seen from Earth, as the comet is obscured by being too close to the Sun. However, the space probe SOHO captured this beautiful view. The white tail among the ...

11 on the social platform X. In the image, the comet's streaming tail makes it look like it is moving beyond Earth's horizon. The tail is made of gas and dust being blown off the comet by the sun ...