While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

It has already put on an incredible show as the third brightest comet ever observed by NASA's space-based solar observatory SOHO, and has even been imaged by keen astrophotographers in broad daylight.

Nasa astronaut Dom Pettit captured a picture of Comet C/2024 G3 from the International Space Station (ISS), showing the space rock just above the Earth’s atmosphere. “It is totally amazing to ...

The comet ATLAS, experts say, has a 1,60,000 year orbit around the Sun. It was discovered in April 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), hence the name. As for its origin, ...

If you're a fan of skygazing, make sure you have your eyes to the skies this evening. A once-in-a-lifetime comet is set to become visible for the first time in 160,000 years - and you don't want ...

Astronaut Don Pettit even snapped a picture of the comet zipping along the horizon from the International Space Station. "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying ...

Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who is ...

But from an altitude of 254 miles (409 km) above the Earth, the comet was relatively easy to see and photograph from the ...

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

In a comet’s case, ice turns into gas when heated by the Sun, and that gas escapes into space (a process called outgassing), usually also carrying away some amount of dust along with it.