G3 ATLAS is believed to be an old comet, having made at least one previous close approach to the sun, with an orbital period of ... and Jan. 13 shows the comet's path and captures its exceptional ...

In the wake of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October ... In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it visited the inner solar system about 160,000 years ago, so ...

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has generated so much excitement about how bright and visible it might be that it has even been billed as the "comet of the century" in some quarters. Although that is ...

Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...

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) was first discovered back in April last year (2024) by the ATLAS astronomical survey. Experts have examined the comet and have determined it is "old" having made a ...

Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest ... according to long-term orbital calculations by the JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris ...