How to See the Brightest Comet of 2025
Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, just shy of the brightness of Venus in ...
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This once-in-a-lifetime comet is passing Earth today — it won’t be visible for another 160,000 years
its closest point to the sun, on Jan. 13. “However, as with all comets, its visibility and brightness can be unpredictable,” Dr. Shyam Balaji, a researcher in astroparticle physics and ...
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'Totally amazing' astronaut photo captures comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS shooting past Earth from the ISS
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has snapped a striking shot of the super-bright comet racing past our planet for the first time in ...
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The Brightest Comet of 2025 Is Coming. Here’s How You Can See It Shine
Hot on the tail of the Quadrantids meteor shower, another spectacle in the sky is about to arrive: comet Atlas C/2024 G3, which will reach perihelion—the point of its orbit closest to the sun ...
How to Watch a Once-in-160,000-Year Comet Predicted to Shine Brighter Than Venus
Comet G3 ATLAS (C/2024) is expected to whiz past the Sun in mid-January, giving skywatchers an extremely rare opportunity to ...
The 'brightest comet of 2025 so far' is orbiting the sun: Here's how to catch a glimpse
G3 may be hard to see due to weather patterns and the California wildfires, said Tim Brothers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it
On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as ...
Mars at Opposition January 2025: What It is and How to Witness It? Everything You Need to Know!
Did you know that Mars at opposition is a special time when Earth and Mars are closest? This happens when Earth passes ...