Comet A3 could be bright enough to see with naked eye 02:27. 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 ...

Your unusual chance to see a comet in the sky is here. C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers in 2023 — and will appear to the naked eye over the next couple weeks.

A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.

Astronomers have since determined that the comet orbits our sun once every 1.4 million years, making this a “once-in-a-lifetime event,” the astronomy site said.

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.

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?

When comet C/2024 G3 reaches perihelion, it will come within just 13.5 million kilometers of the sun—for context, Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, orbits the star at a distance of 47 ...

The comet is currently at a magnitude of +8, making it too faint to see with the naked eye. You’ll need a telescope or a pair of binoculars to catch a glimpse. Be sure to wake up before morning ...

The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a realm filled with frozen debris on the outer edge of our solar system. Initial observations suggest that the comet may orbit the sun once every 80,000 years.