The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.

The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (Jan. 14) when it came within 88 million miles (142 million kilometers) of our planet. A day earlier, it reached ...

Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 will reach perihelion on January 13. If you thought a meteor shower and four-planet conjunction was it for celestial excitement this month, you thought wrong. Even though we ...

Why it's so special: Nicknamed the "Great Comet of 2025," Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year. Discovered on April 5, 2024 by the ...

Thursday, January 30, 2025: The fleeting Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) tried escaping over the horizon in the photograph shot by Patricio Murphy, but it was caught in the reflection of the puddle seen ...

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has been called "the comet of the century" because of how bright and visible it could be, according to the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Astronomers said it would ...

BANGKOK: Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will be visible until around October 6 if sky remains clear, Thai astronomers say. The National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT ...

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