A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... Thursday, January 30, 2025: The fleeting Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) tried escaping over the horizon in the photograph ...

Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will theoretically be at its brightest. Yang Changshi/VCG via Getty Images The comet will also be at its closest point to the Earth and might become the brightest ...

Comet ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...

The final image is a composite of 500 individual shots, highlighting the comet's brightness and clarity. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. As Comet Atlas nears ...

From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the ...

Others forecast that the comet could become even brighter, possibly becoming luminous enough to be visible during the daylight hours. Stock image of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) in the night sky.

"The head of the comet became so bright, it overwhelmed LASCO's sensor, creating artificial horizontal bands (known as "bleeding") in the images," NASA explained. The comet was only first ...