New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent ...

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 disintegrating.

A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years. Nasa said ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...

Perfect weather has opened up Adelaide’s skies for an event of a lifetime that won’t happen again for about 160,000 years.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.

Moreover, it will be best seen from the southern hemisphere, where fewer people live. Comet C/2024 G3 is what is known as a “sungrazer” or “sunskirter”, a comet that gets close enough to ...

A new comet, expected to be the brightest of the ... The event will begin at different times, depending on where you live. According to a chart published by the International Occultation Timing ...