Comet Encke, also known as 2P, has the shortest period of any known comet, with an orbit that takes it past the sun every 3.3 years. Its latest swing brings it closest to Earth on 24 September ...

A possible bright comet, a southern hemisphere solar eclipse, and a half-dozen meteor showers (including one that might ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The comet was discovered on August 12, 2023 by Hideo Nishimura during 30-second exposures with a ... [+] standard digital camera.

A comet heading towards our planet might be visible to the naked eye in the next few months. The comet, named Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), was first discovered in early 2023, and has been ...

ENCKE'S COMET.—A telegram sent out from Harvard College Observatory announces that the first observation of this periodic comet was made by Prof. Wilson at Northfield, on Monday evening, August 5.

One expert predicts that the comet could reach peak brightness by the second week of October, nearly as bright as Venus, making it faintly visible even in daylight. We could see a comet pass ...

We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked-eye object in our October evening skies. We are now coming down the home stretch regarding ...

Project. We’ll know more in two weeks. That’s the headline news about Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which could become a naked-eye object in late September and mid-October as seen from the northern ...

But this year's meteor shower is different. About every 10 years, Earth passes through a particularly dense stream of Comet Encke's tail - left-over debris that the wind and heat from the sun blew ...

They are also called Halloween fireballs due to the time of year. This shower is associated with Comet Encke and Asteroid 2004 TG, it has both a northern and southern component. North and South ...

That of Encke's Comet is 31/3years, that of Tempel's Second Comet is 51/6; years. The identity with Grigg's Comet, 1902 II, is rendered almost certain, since both the period and the other elements ...