However, it is too early to tell for sure. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) made its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 14 and reached its minimum distance from the sun, known as perihelion, a day later.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) as seen from the International Space Station on Jan. 11, 2025. (Image credit: Don Petit/NASA) Rendezvous with the sun The comet reached perihelion on Jan. 13 at around 1000 ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Will there be a bright naked-eye comet to begin 2025? It’s possible ...

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 – so ...

The comment, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, or its closest point to the sun. During its close call with the sun ...

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. When you ...