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Comet G3 ATLAS Setting over a Chilean Hill

By |2025-02-05T08:09:10-05:00February 5th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Where is Comet ATLAS going? In the featured time-lapse video, the comet is not itself moving very much, but the Earth's rotation makes it appear to be setting over a hill. The Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) sequence was captured with an ordinary camera on January 22 from the Araucanía Region [...]

Comet G3 ATLAS over Uruguay

By |2025-01-28T08:09:07-05:00January 28th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Comets can be huge. When far from the Sun, a comet's size usually refers to its hard nucleus of ice and rock, which typically spans a few kilometers -- smaller than even a small moon. When nearing the Sun, however, this nucleus can eject dust and gas and leave a [...]

Comet G3 ATLAS: a Tail and a Telescope

By |2025-01-24T08:09:07-05:00January 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS has made a dramatic appearance in planet Earth's skies. A visitor from the distant Oort Cloud, the comet reached its perihelion on January 13. On January 19, the bright comet was captured here from ESO Paranal Observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile. Sporting spectacular sweeping [...]

Comet ATLAS over Brasília

By |2025-01-21T08:09:12-05:00January 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What's that in the sky? Above the city, above most clouds, far in the distance: it's a comet. Pictured, the impressive tail of Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was imaged from Brasília, Brazil four days ago. Last week the evolving comet rounded the Sun well inside the orbit of planet Mercury, [...]

Comet ATLAS Rounds the Sun

By |2025-01-20T08:09:12-05:00January 20th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Why does Comet ATLAS have such colorful tails? Last week Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) passed its closest to the Sun -- well inside the orbit of Mercury -- and brightened dramatically. Unfortunately, the comet was then so angularly near the Sun that it was very hard for humans to see. [...]

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