Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is from the Oort Cloud—the invisible bubble that's home to countless space objects
like Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. This is unlike the so-called short-period comets, which do not visit the Oort Cloud and have ...
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The 'brightest comet of the year' is coming in January. But, it might be hard to see
It's called comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which Space.com noted could be ... "In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it visited the inner solar system about 160,000 years ago ...
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Space photo of the week: The last view of the 'Great Comet of 2025' for half a million years
Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year. Discovered on April 5, 2024 by the ...
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Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 falls apart after rare encounter with the Sun
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 ...
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Say Goodbye to the Brightest Comet of 2025
A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...
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Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)
The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...
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Article Update: Unistellar Network Detects Faint New Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
Update as of February 2025 When Comet G3 reached perihelion, comet watchers observed a sharp increase in brightness as the ...
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Comet G3 ATLAS to be visible in UK skies - best time to see it
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 ...