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

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.

That's roughly 158,000 times dimmer than the faintest star ... path of G3 ATLAS has only favored those in the Southern Hemisphere. Practically the entire predicted track of this comet lies through ...

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.

January 2025 hosts extraordinary celestial events, including the rare appearance of Comet G3 ATLAS, visible once every ... the orbital path of the comet may well direct it closer to the Sun ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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