In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light — also known as airglow — that occurs in the planet’s upper atmosphere ...

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 ...

said in a post on X (formally Twitter) when sharing the photo. "Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit." The ISS photo, which was shared on Jan. 11, captures the comet as it blazes through space.

Astronaut Don Pettit captured breathtaking footage of Comet ATLAS while aboard the International ... Pettit posted the footage on X (formerly Twitter). He described the experience as "totally ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS ... easily rivaled the planet Mercury — which was then shining at ...

Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been delighted by the spectacular display provided by Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) during mid and late January ... easily rivaled the planet Mercury — which ...

Comet ATLAS from the ISS. Source: x.com/astro_Pettit NASA astronaut Don Pettit from the International Space Station (ISS) took an amazing picture of a super-bright ...

Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) soared through the starry skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile, home to the Very Large Telescope and future site of the Extremely ...