Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a curious new object started flashing across the message boards.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) photographed by Samit Saha of Bidada, Gujarat, India on Jan. 17, 2025. "Even after capturing several frames, I couldn't spot the comet on my camera's LCD screen.

It's called Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) and for the past few nights it has been putting on a show for Australian star-gazers. But it can't go on forever — especially because astronomers now think ...

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 C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a sungrazer comet, and the encounter made it bright ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13, reaching the perihelion of its massive, 160,000-year orbit through our solar system.

The comet, C/2024 G3 (Atlas), was first discovered in April 2024, and will be visible in Australia over the evenings from 16 January to 23 January.

— Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week. Here's what to expect. — Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 ...

A new photo taken from the vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS) captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the brightest of 2025, experts say. "It is ...

The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (Jan. 14) when it came within 88 million miles (142 million kilometers) of our planet.

G3 ATLAS was detected on April 5, 2024, by Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile. At first, this comet was incredibly dim, presenting a very faint shine of around +19 ...