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.

There aren’t many comets that are visible to observers without binoculars or telescopes. But one may be coming, and coming soon. Dubbed the "New Years Comet" for its imminent arrival, Comet C/2024 G3 ...

The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025, but it’s too early to tell, said Bill Cooke, lead of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Meteoroid ...

Comet C/2024 G3 is what is known as a “sungrazer” or “sunskirter”, a comet that gets close enough to the Sun to put itself at risk of breaking up entirely as all its ices turn to gas.

C/2024 G3 was discovered on April 5, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (Atlas)—a network of telescopes that scans space for asteroids that could potentially hit Earth.

The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the sun, and will come within 8.3 million miles of our star on January 13.

Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 could be set to wow sky-watchers at the beginning of 2025. Comments (0) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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.

Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 is only viewable just above the horizon during the early morning hours until Jan. 13 as it approaches the sun. If it survives its close encounter, it will begin to grow ...

Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is about to reach its closest point to the Sun in mid-January, making it the brightest comet of the year that won't be visible again for another 160,000 years. Here's when ...

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.