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 ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Will there be a bright naked-eye comet to begin 2025? It’s possible — but the reality likely won't match the hype around the ...

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 ...

But one may be coming, and coming soon. Dubbed the "New Years Comet" for its imminent arrival, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently traveling closer and closer to the center of our Solar System, and ...

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 comet was seen from the International Space Station over the weekend A bright comet could be visible in skies across the globe over the coming days for the first time in 160,000 years.

Over the weekend, comet C/2024 (ATLAS) made a grand appearance in images from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). The comet will continue to blaze through SOHO’s view for the ...

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 ...

When can I see Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS? The comet reached its peak brightness on January 13, 2025, and will remain visible for several days. Best viewing is just after sunset in the southwestern sky.

Science enthusiasts are hoping to get a glimpse of a comet that’s supposed to be the brightest of 2025, but they may be out of luck depending on where they are in the world. The comet ...