Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS): Rare comet may become visible in Manitoba this week [Video]

A rare comet is expected to light up the sky this week, though it’s still unknown if it will be visible here on earth.

It’s called Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) and it’s never been through the solar system before.

According to Manitoba Museum planetarium astronomer Scott Young, this is a “very unusual comet.”

He said experts do not know how this comet will behave, including whether it will get much brighter or fade away.

“This comet comes very, very close to the sun and that means it gets very bright, but it also means it’s very close to the sun,” he said in an interview with CTV Morning Live on Monday.

“So you have to either go out right at sunset just as the sun has set or you have to go right at sunrise.”

Currently, the comet is so close to the sun that it’s only up in the …