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A view of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS generated using Starry Night Pro 8.0 that shows what it may look like in the western evening sky on Oct. 14, 2024. (Image credit: Starry Night) ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright naked-eye object with a significant tail? Here's where and when you ...
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, ...
Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter with the sun today (Sept. 27) here's how to make the most of comet viewing opportunities this weekend and beyond.
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) sports prominent dust and ion trails in this photo taken on the morning of Sept. 30. The imager used a 12-inch scope and LRGB exposures of 200, 100, 100, and ...
But it’s getting closer to us — Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will make its closest pass of Earth in mid-October, coming within some 43.9 million miles (70.7 million km) of our planet.
A recently discovered comet, named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, makes its closest approach of Earth on Saturday. The comet’s next appearance may be in 80,000 years.
PASS IT ON! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit & it's now approaching its closest pass to Earth. It will get higher in the early evening sky through October 21st.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was initially discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, at the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) in China, and was first thought to be an asteroid.However, on Feb. 22, 2023, the ...
A comet named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is making an 80,000-year orbit around the sun. Some have dubbed it the "comet of the century" because of how brightly it might shine in the night sky.
Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.