Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3)

SUNSET COMET ALERT: Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) survived yesterday’s close encounter with the sun, and now it is emerging into the sunset sky bright and intact. Amateur astronomers are photographing the comet in some cases less than 10 minutes after sunset.


Above: Comet ATLAS at sunset on Jan. 14, 2025. Credit: Erik Norlund of Alberone di Cento, Italy

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit shares a photo
of Comet ATLAS that he took from a window of the International Space Station. Credit: Don Pettit / NASA

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