G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...

The comet discovered last year using the Asteroid Terrestial-Impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, is relatively rare because of how close it got to the Sun in mid-January, passing about one-third ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...

The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, or its closest point to the sun. During its close call with the sun ...

This is a view of the comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) observed in Río Hurtado, Chile. After passing near the Taeyang in mid-January, the head of the comet gradually became fainter, and by the end of ...

It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the past few nights it has been putting on a show for Australian star-gazers. But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think ...

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 ...

A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in a magnificent flash of searing light. The C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) comet ...