A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Will there be a bright naked-eye comet to begin 2025? It’s possible — but the reality likely won't match the hype around the ...