Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) seen above ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile on Jan. 21, 2025. ESO's Very Large Telescope sits atop ...

Pettit pointed a camera toward one of the space station's windows and caught the comet as it paid the astronauts a visit. "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on X ...

The image, deemed one of the "more remarkable comet sightings" in recent years by NASA, shows the comet shining brightly at a magnitude of -2.5. Photographed at 3.36pm UAE time, this rare and ...

Hongkongers will have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of a rare comet passing by Earth in the coming week, three months after a similar sighting captivated the city’s stargazers. The Hong Kong ...

You can check with BBC Weather online to see if the skies are clear enough for a possible sighting where you are. Mr Balaji advised people wanting to spot the comet to find a location away from ...

That’s because the comet is positioned to be seen better by viewers in the Southern Hemisphere than those in the Northern Hemisphere. According to the Planetary Society, the best sightings of the ...

On Jan. 12, NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the International Space Station sent back an image of comet ... [+] C/2024 G3 (ATLAS). A comet that hasn’t been in the inner solar system for around ...

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 ...

Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun ...

A comet that just skirted past our sun should light up the night sky this week. The comet, Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), was only discovered in April 2024, and reached its closest point to our sun ...

"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit." Astronauts witnessed the brightest comet of 2025 from space as it streaked across the sky above Earth. A new photo taken from the vantage point ...

Space.com warns not to attempt sighting the comet with binoculars during the daytime. The safest way to view the comet is online courtesy of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).