Stay tuned! The annual Leonid meteor shower is ramping up to its peak early Monday, Nov. 18th. From Sky & Telescope: The ...
BOSTON - It isn't often that we get the chance to see a comet with the naked eye. But, in a year already filled with so many astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to ...
An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...
An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...
BOSTON - Comet Atlas has been flirting with Massachusetts. It began very low in the eastern horizon a few weeks ago and now it has reappeared in the west in the evenings. However, until now ...
There’s a chance a “Halloween” comet will become visible tonight, with also a possibility of seeing it during the daytime if it doesn’t break apart while approaching the sun, according to ...
And now it's been the once-in-a-lifetime comet. The comet first entered our orbit Oct. 12 when it was closest to Earth at approximately 44 million miles. Since then, observers, especially in ...
A rare comet - the brightest one of the year - is creating quite a buzz with its appearance in our skies this month. So why are so many people having trouble seeing it? Don‘t take it personally ...
Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has been in the evening sky for a week now. If you haven’t seen it, that’s understandable because there’s also been a bright Moon in the sky.
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 ...
A rare celestial event is lighting up the night sky this month as Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas makes its closest approach to Earth for the first time in roughly 80,000 years. The comet, designated C ...