A brilliant comet waved its tail above the site of the world's largest telescope as it lit up the night sky last month.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now ...
G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...
Monday, Jan. 13 is when the comet will theoretically be at its brightest. Yang Changshi/VCG via Getty Images The comet will also be at its closest point to the Earth and might become the brightest ...
"There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 ...
Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.
G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.
From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and ...
"The head of the comet became so bright, it overwhelmed LASCO's sensor, creating artificial horizontal bands (known as "bleeding") in the images," NASA explained. The comet was only first ...