A celestial event 160,000 years in the making will grace the night sky this week, as Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) makes its rare appearance. Expected to be the brightest comet in nearly 20 years, it could ...

Comet P/2016 BA14 (Pan-STARRS ... This possibility had the International Meteor Organization putting out the alert signal for skywatchers to be ready for a possible meteor outburst Monday night ...

G3 (ATLAS) dubbed 'Great Comet of 2025' Daytime visibility of Comet 2024 G3 thrills astronomers Comet's stunning tail structure captivates Southern Hemisphere viewers ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A family looks in awe as the Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, the C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet, the ... [+] brightest comet of the ...

The brightest comet of the year was spotted skimming just past the sun by a satellite orbiting our star. The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on ...

After an extraordinary year of watching full moons, eclipses, meteors and northern lights, a comet will be viewable right off the bat in 2025. It's called comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), which Space.com ...

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 ...

So, if some of a comet’s mass suddenly disappeared one day, its orbital period should remain unchanged. In the real world, however, mass does not simply disappear — it has to go somewhere.

If it survives its unusually close passage of the Sun, Comet C/2024 G3 has the potential to become the brightest comet of 2025, reaching a magnitude of -4.5—about the same brightness as Venus.

The green-tinged Comet Nishimura is zipping past Earth, and you have a few days to grab what could be a one-time-only chance to spot it — with a little know-how. Comet Nishimura, named after the ...