Heads Up: The Brightest Comet of the Year May Light Up the Sky This Week
The object is designated Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), as it was first reported by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile. Don’t let the name of the telescope worry you—the comet will pass by Earth, not impact it—but that’s only if the comet manages to survive a near pass of the Sun on January 13.
Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...
Astronaut Don Pettit took this stunning photo of a nearby comet from the International Space Station ...
A once-in-a-lifetime comet just made its closest approach to the Sun, becoming visible for the first time in 160,000 years.
A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...
Astronaut Don Pettit captures stunning footage of Comet ATLAS from the International Space Station, offering a rare glimpse ...
One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.
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Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from EarthG3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...
On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s ...
Founder & Executive Chairman Dr. Joel N. Myers and Network Chief Meteorologist Bernie Rayno travel back to the age of the ...
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