Here’s how it works. The ‘Great Comet of 2025’ C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through Earth’s skies in January. It will not be visible again for hundreds of thousands of years.

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.

Astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking footage of Comet ATLAS while aboard the International Space Station. The comet, officially named C/2024 G3, made its closest approach to the Sun in early ...

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 ...

The comet is expected to possibly be the brightest comet of the year, as it reached a magnitude of -3.4 during its perihelion—brighter than the 0.4 magnitude C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) last year.

As Comet Atlas nears its closest approach to the Sun, it is expected to become visible to the naked eye in the coming days Published: Mon 13 Jan 2025, 6:16 PM Updated: Wed 15 Jan 2025, 4:44 PM By: ...

When comet C/2024 G3 reaches perihelion, it will come within just 13.5 million kilometers of the sun—for context, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, orbits the star at a distance of 47 ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) will reach its brightest on January 13, 2025, potentially outshining Venus and Jupiter. Detected in April 2024, its perihelion approach offers a rare viewing opportunity as ...

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last ...

In the wake of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) in October, comet G3 is due to reach perihelion — its closest to the sun — on Jan. 13, 2025.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) seemed to be sizable enough to survive the passage and achieve significant brightness, but it did not. Hopefully we have better luck with the next sungrazer.

How bright is the comet now? As of Monday, Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan (Choo-cheen-SHAHN)–ATLAS is beginning to grow fainter every night — way dimmer than it was Oct. 12.