While it is already dimming after a close encounter with the sun, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) – also called the Great Comet of ...
Venus, Jupiter, and Mars dominate the sky. Catch your last views of Saturn as early in the month, the Moon passes in front of ...
A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in a magnificent flash of searing light. The C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) comet ...
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has belonged primarily to Southern Hemisphere skywatchers. As January opened, the comet was estimated to be shining at roughly third magnitude, or about as bright as a star of ...
For much of its run, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has belonged primarily to Southern Hemisphere skywatchers. As January opened, the comet was estimated to be shining at roughly third magnitude, or about as ...
However, the dangerous encounter with our star changed Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS, destroying its nucleus – the "head" of the comet. Photos from the Southern Hemisphere and even the International ...
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 ...
Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet made its closest pass to the sun, or perihelion, on Jan. 13, soaring a mere 8 million miles (or 9% of the average Earth-sun distance) from our star. These views ...