Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

All that's left is a cloud of dust," Zhang said. Even though Comet ATLAS was only discovered over a year ago, its short life wasn’t in vain. Astronomers study Sun-grazing comets because they are ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was ... system towards the distant Oort cloud. As seen from our planet today ...

It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the past few nights it has been putting on a show for Australian star-gazers. But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think ...

A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the brightest of 2025, experts say.

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating ... He noticed that the comet's coma — the cloud around its nucleus — had dimmed significantly during this time ...

This process is what makes comets such a spectacular sight. Astronomers believe Comet ATLAS originated in the Oort Cloud. This distant region is 50 times farther from the Sun. If the comet ...

A photograph of the C/2024 G3 "Atlas" comet ... this kind of wispy line stretching out over the cloud.” Witnessing the long tail on the rare comet had been “quite spectacular”, he said.

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