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Space photo of the week: The last view of the 'Great Comet of 2025' for half a million years

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Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is currently the brightest comet predicted to be visible from Earth all year .

It reached perihelion — the closest point to the sun in its orbit — on Jan. 13, 2025 .

The comet's brightness peaked at magnitude -3.8, as reported by the Comet Observation Database .

If the comet's remains survive, it could be visible again in 600,000 years .