Keep your eye on the sky tonight. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will ...

On Jan. 12, NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station sent back an image of comet ... [+] C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). A comet that hasn’t been in the inner solar system for around ...

Science enthusiasts are hoping to get a glimpse of a comet that’s supposed to be the brightest of 2025, but they may be out of luck depending on where they are in the world. The comet ...

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 ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...

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? The brightest comet in nearly 20 years — comet G3 ...

It could shine as bright as Venus, or similar to Tsuchinshan-ATLAS / Comet C/2023 A3, the "comet of the century" that stunned stargazers in mid-October. The comet was first spotted by the Asteroid ...

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun ...

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last ...

If it survives its unusually close passage of the Sun, Comet C/2024 G3 has the potential to become the brightest comet of 2025, reaching a magnitude of -4.5—about the same brightness as Venus.

A BRIGHT comet could be visible in the sky for the first time in 160,000 years - making it a real once-in-a-lifetime display. It will be one of the brightest comets to pass Earth in 20 years.