When can I see Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS? The comet reached its peak brightness on January 13, 2025, and will remain visible for several days. Best viewing is just after sunset in the southwestern sky.
January 2025 hosts extraordinary celestial events, including the rare appearance of Comet G3 ATLAS, visible once every 160,000 years. Optimal viewing in the Southern Hemisphere this evening offers ...
This beautiful photo shows comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) flying near Earth, as seen by astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station on 11 January. It was first spotted by NASA’s Asteroid ...
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The comet, which orbits the Sun every 1,60,000 years, was first discovered on April 5, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile. Listen to Story Comet G3 ATLAS is ...
The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun yesterday at a distance of about 8.3 million miles. Due to its proximity to our star ...
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 ...
A 'once-in-a-lifetime' comet, only visible every 160,000 could appear in skies above the UK this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was first discovered back in April last year (2024) by the ATLAS ...
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Right now Comet ATLAS appears in the constellation Sagittarius, and though it may look too close for comfort in Pettit's image, it's actually some 87 million miles from Earth. Sunlight tends to ...
A super rare comet could appear in the night sky later this week. It's thought that Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) could be seen across the globe for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa says it's hard ...