G3 (ATLAS) is one of the few comets on record that became bright enough to be visible in the daytime without optical aid like ...
Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th. SOHO's venerable LASCO C3 imager caught the comet near the Sun, as it topped ...
Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13—and this may have changed it ...
G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is currently just past its perihelion, or closest point to the sun, on its long, 160,000 year orbit around our star. At its closest, the comet was over three times closer ...
One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?
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 ATLAS brightens as it nears the Sun, providing scientists with valuable data on solar wind interactions and offering a ...
Perfect weather has opened up Adelaide’s skies for an event of a lifetime that won’t happen again for about 160,000 years.
A once-in-a-lifetime comet has been spotted over New Zealand skies this week. Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas), which last visited the ...
It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...