W hile many backyard astronomers were waking up early to catch a glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and its stunning ...
Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...
A comet that has an orbit of 80,000 years is making its pass by Earth right now, and skygazers may be able to see it with ...
On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...
You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until ...
"It is totally awesome to see a comet from orbit, " wrote Pettit on X. "The perspective of rising through the atmosphere on edge is truly unique from our vantage point. The comet tail is still too ...
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
A view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), along with the faint anti-tail. Image: Michael Kieran As Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) barrels its way through space, some have gotten a ...
Called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) and discovered simultaneously by telescopes in both Africa and China, little is known about this comet aside from its orbit, which will bring it closest to ...
“This comet hasn’t been here before. It comes from very far from the sun,” said Voit. “It’s swooping past the sun near the orbit of Mercury and Venus and then Earth. We can see it for a ...