As soon as it gets dark, two bright lights become visible—the brightest in the southwest and an almost-as-bright light in the east. What are they?
From Jan. 11 to 15, 2025, a bright comet surged through images from the ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft. Called C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), the comet ...
The brightest comet of the year was spotted skimming just past the sun ... so bright, it overwhelmed LASCO's sensor, creating artificial horizontal bands (known as "bleeding") in the images ...