The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025 ... Every once in a while, the gravity of a passing star will change the orbit of these dirt balls, sending them into ...

Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...

Raka said the newly discovered comet is a non-periodic one that does not follow a regular orbital path like periodic comets. "As a non-periodic comet, Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS will not return ...

A comet that flies past Earth once every 160,000 years could shine brightly in the skies above Britain tonight. The icy space rock, known as C/2024 G3 Atlas is ... Its recent path meant it could ...

According to a chart ... to catch the comet in the evening near the setting sun. Interactive star maps like this one can help with figuring out where and when to look. If Comet ATLAS survives ...

Additionally, the ATLAS comet, discovered last year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial ... You’re going to see it on social media with all six of them in the charts and everything. But yeah, I’d say stick ...

From astronomer Yuri Beletsky, a photo of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) arching over ESO’s Paranal Observatory ... Wow, check out this just-released image from the JWST team of star cluster NGC 602. The ...

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

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the ...

Veteran comet hunters have called G3 (ATLAS) the "Great Comet of 2025" due to its daytime visibility and spectacular nighttime sightings. In these gorgeous photos from the Paranal Observatory ...