Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS took about 160,000 years to orbit the Sun, but it won’t be returning. "This comet is not coming back because it's basically destroyed. All that's left is a cloud of dust ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Will there be a bright naked-eye comet to begin 2025? It’s possible ...
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...
Photographers have been sharing their photographs of Comet G3 (ATLAS), which burned bright during January in the southern ...