G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.

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 ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was ... system towards the distant Oort cloud. As seen from our planet today ...

New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating ... He noticed that the comet's coma — the cloud around its nucleus — had dimmed significantly during this time ...

It's unclear if Comet G3 ATLAS is a first-time visitor to the inner solar system, or a new denizen coming from the distant Oort Cloud. The last time the comet swung by the inner solar system ...

However, these initial calculations also suggested that G3 ATLAS was a new comet coming directly from out of the Oort cloud, a vast bubble composed of countless billions of icy objects encircling ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January. After it made its closest pass to the sun ...

January 2025 hosts extraordinary celestial events, including the rare appearance of Comet G3 ATLAS, visible once every 160,000 years. Optimal viewing in the Southern Hemisphere this evening offers ...

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 ...