The "once-in-a-lifetime" comet that recently lit up night skies for the first time in millennia might be falling apart after ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as ... assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun, but later observations suggested ...

A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...

about the same brightness as Venus during January 2025. It will be in the constellation Sagittarius. However, the comet's unusually close journey to the sun makes its survival questionable.

Exciting February sky events include Venus at its brightest and closest to Earth, the moon occulting the Pleiades, and a ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is expected to make its return for a close encounter with the Sun in mid-January, giving skywatchers the chance to spot one of the brightest comets in 20 years from Earth.

A newly-discovered comet is set to shine brighter than Venus next week as it lights up ... As it'll get so close to the Sun, it'll be hard to view safely without specialist equipment.

The comet is still very close to the sun in the sky ... and a higher magnitude corresponds to a dimmer object. At its brightest, Venus has a magnitude of -4.5, while Jupiter and Mars are around ...

Comet G3 ATLAS faced just such a perilous passage, reaching perihelion 14 million kilometers from the Sun on January 13th.