6 days ago · Comet G3 ATLAS passed well inside the orbit of planet Mercury when at its solar closest, a distance that where heat destroys many comets. Some of comet G3 ATLAS' scattering remains will continue to orbit the Sun.

Jan 9, 2025 · Discover how to see Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS), one of the brightest comets in 20 years, as it makes its rare journey near the sun next week.

C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a partially disintegrated non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun. Dubbed the Great Comet of 2025, it is currently the brightest comet of 2025, [6] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [5] The comet is visible in the southern hemisphere before and …

4 days ago · Photographer Luc Perrot captured a spectacular image of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) on the evening of January 25, 2025, from Réunion Island. It’s certainly one of the most breathtaking shots of this comet we’ve seen so far!

Jan 27, 2025 · "There is little question that, with its daylight display and spectacular evening apparition in a moonless sky, Comet 2024 G3 will long be remembered as the Great Comet of 2025, the first of its ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a bright comet that is about to fly past the Sun. Right now, it is possible to see the comet just before sunrise from some parts of the world.

Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 will come within 8.3 million miles (13.5 million kilometers) of the sun – during perihelion – on January 13, 2025. That’s just 0.09 astronomical units (AU) from the sun....

Jan 21, 2025 · New photos of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) suggest that it could be disintegrating due to "thermal stress" from its recent slingshot around the sun. However, its fate is still unclear.

Comet (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), also known as the Great Comet of 2024 and formally designated as C/2023 A3, is a comet from the Oort cloud discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China on 9 January 2023 and independently found by ATLAS South Africa on 22 February 2023.

Jan 7, 2025 · Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) has started to become very faintly visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Based on recent reports, it is clear that the …