In the photo from the space station, the comet is captured just above Earth’s horizon, which is illuminated by a bright light ...
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.
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 ...
G3 (ATLAS) is now visible in the post-sunset night sky. It's best seen in the Southern Hemisphere, but it's visible north of ...
G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," he said on X, formerly known as Twitter. Right now Comet ATLAS appears in ...
G3 has mesmerized astronomers and amateur skygazers for months as the world tried to spot the bright comet in the sky nearing its fatal encounter with the Sun.
The Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is expected to be the brightest comet in nearly 20 years, making it as easy to spot as the planet ...
It last passed nearby 180,000 years ago and the next few nights could be your last chance to ever see it as it drifts over ...
"It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit," NASA astronaut Don Pettit ... when sharing the photo. "Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit." The ISS photo, which was shared on Jan. 11, captures ...