Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is on its way to brighten up the night sky — and the best is yet to come. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025, but it’s too early to tell, said Bill Cooke, ... It will last for over an hour in some parts of the country.

This comet hails from the Oort Cloud, which is outside our solar system, past Neptune’s orbit. To put that in perspective, it takes Tsuchinshan-ATLAS 80,000 years to orbit the sun. Pluto does it ...