Heads Up: The Brightest Comet of the Year May Light Up the Sky Next Week
- Heads Up: The Brightest Comet of the Year May Light Up the Sky Next Week
by Isaac Schultz, https://gizmodo.com/
Set your eyes on the night sky this week and you may catch a glimpse of the New Year comet. Don’t rub your eyes—this year’s brightest comet may already be headed our way.
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The object is designated Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), as it was first reported by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile. Don’t let the name of the telescope worry you—the comet will pass by Earth, not impact it—but that’s only if the comet manages to survive a near pass of the Sun on January 13.
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Comets are conglomerations of dust and ice that emit ethereal tails as they near the Sun, whose heat causes the objects to release gas and dust. That same thing that gives comets their otherworldly beauty, however, can cause their downfall; the Sun’s terrific heat causes some comets to disintegrate into oblivion before they have a chance to put on a show.
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The question on everyone’s minds with Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is, will it survive the journey—and if it does, how brilliantly will its transit be?
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The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
12 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
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