When can I see Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS? The comet reached its peak brightness on January 13, 2025, and will remain visible for several days. Best viewing is just after sunset in the southwestern sky.

by Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile. At first, this comet was incredibly dim, presenting a very faint shine of around +19 magnitudes. However, recent observations ...

This beautiful photo shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) flying near Earth, as seen by astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station on 11 January. It was first spotted by NASA’s Asteroid ...

Occurring just once every 160,000 years, comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) passed its closest point to the sun on January 13. Over the next few days, the rare comet will emerge from the sun’s glare ...

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And if it is fully intact, the comet will be likely to shine brighter than Venus. It would mean that the comet is one of the most brilliant and bright of its kind in decades. However, exactly how ...

The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun yesterday at a distance of about 8.3 million miles. Due to its proximity to our star ...

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 last time Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas ...

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Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort in Pettit's image, it's actually some 87 million miles from Earth. Sunlight tends to ...

A super rare comet could appear in the night sky later this week. It's thought that Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) could be seen across the globe for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa says it's hard ...

The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025, but it’s too early to tell, said Bill Cooke, lead of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Meteoroid ...