Unfortunately, to date, the predicted path of G3 ATLAS has only favored those in the Southern Hemisphere. Practically the entire predicted track of this comet lies through constellations well ...

also caught a glimpse of comet G3 ATLAS. A timelapse of observations between Jan. 11 and Jan. 13 shows the comet's path and captures its exceptional brightness as it travels near the sun.

The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), skirted three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13, and has been shining bright enough to be visible to the naked eye in the days since.

A once-in-a-lifetime comet will be visible for the ... Pluto takes 248 years. G3 ATLAS is passing through the constellation of Sagittarius and appears between the Sun and Pluto, meaning it ...

It will be in the constellation Sagittarius. However, the comet's unusually close journey to the sun makes its survival questionable. In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that ...

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 ...

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 ...

the UAE's Astronomy Centre shared a breathtaking image of the 'Comet Atlas' (C/2024 G3), captured by the Al-Khatim Astronomical Observatory in Abu Dhabi. The image, deemed one of the "more ...

It could shine as bright as Venus, or similar to Tsuchinshan-ATLAS/ Comet C/2023 A3, the "comet of the century" that stunned stargazers in mid-October. The last time Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...