Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth. On Wednesday ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS proved to be photogenic as it lit up the early autumn skies of the Northern Hemisphere this month. Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has not disappointed photographers.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) appeared in the morning sky late last month, however it was not bright and mornings clouds on the horizon hid the comet from sight. Its path through space has ...

The object – which has the full name C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) – was found last year but in recent weeks has passed close ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or Comet A3, is a dusty ball of ice from the Oort Cloud that takes about 80,000 years to orbit the sun. That means some of the last people to see it were Neanderthals.

People set up telescopes to catch a glimpse of the Comet C2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the night sky as the sun sets outside Vienna, Austria APA/AFP via Getty Images Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...

Brits turned their attention to the skies on Saturday night in the hopes of catching a "once in a lifetime" comet. The celestial A3 comet was at peak brightness as it passed by Earth on Saturday night ...

Comet A3, or Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is still visible in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend. The comet takes 80,000 years to orbit the sun, so Neanderthals were among the last people to see it.

Comet A3, or Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is still visible in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend. The comet takes 80,000 years to orbit the sun, so Neanderthals were among the last people to see it.