The brightest comet in nearly 20 years- comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) — is expected to reach its peak brilliance later this week. Skygazers and enthusiasts across the globe are in anticipation of a ...

What you're seeing here is the Great Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), a comet discovered in 2024 that lit up the night sky late in that year and early 2025, and was the brightest comet in 18 years when it ...

It was a comet, the icy siblings of asteroids, and it was 655 million kilometers away but approaching rapidly. It took the name of the observatory that discovered it -- ATLAS. And as 2024 turned ...

Beautifully captured against a starry sky, Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) — dubbed by some as the "Great Comet of 2025" — shines brightly after its last approach to the sun for hundreds of thousands of years ...

A comet believed to be in its death throes could briefly be seen over Tasmania this week as it hurtled through the cosmos in a magnificent flash of searing light. The C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) comet ...

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has generated so much excitement about how bright and visible it might be that it has even been billed as the "comet of the century" in some quarters. Although that is ...

As Comet G3 approaches perihelion, it will venture extremely close, only 0.1 Earth-Sun distances, to our star. There’s a genuine concern (or thrill, depending on your perspective) that it could burn ...

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 ...