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According to The Planetary Society, comet G3 could get as bright as magnitude -4.5, about the same brightness as Venus during January 2025. It will be in the constellation Sagittarius. However ...

By Oct. 21, it will be directly above Venus. The nucleus of the comet was brightest on Monday and is now growing more faint. But its dramatic tail seems to grow longer because our perspective ...

is expected to be the brightest comet in nearly 20 years, making it as easy to spot as the planet Venus. Until this week, the comet has only been visible to people in the Southern Hemisphere ...

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days. Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last ...

Kreutz sungrazers are a family of comets characterized for their super close approaches to the Sun, often within a few thousand miles. Historically, Kreutz sungrazers, such as Ikeya-Seki (1965 ...

And if it is fully intact, the comet will be likely to shine brighter than Venus. It would mean that the comet is one of the most brilliant and bright of its kind in decades. However, exactly how ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly.