In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
G3 (ATLAS) is now visible in the post-sunset night sky. It's best seen in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's visible north of ...
G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...
Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern ...
A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...
Do the periods of comets decrease because they lose mass every time they get near the Sun? Robert BaileyConover, Wisconsin ...
One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?
"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort ...
Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.