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Watch how Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) met its demise after traveling close to the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric ...
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) ...
The coma and long tail of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), is currently shining at magnitude +0.5.That's well within the grasp of the human eye. It's likely ...
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, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, may become the next brilliant comet. The brightnesses of such objects, however, are notoriously difficult to predict.
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 ATLAS (C/2024 S1) is due to pass closest to the sun on October 28, and may be visible to the naked eye in the days before and after.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known by its catalog designation C/2023 A3, is now magnitude 2.2 in the morning sky.But if you’re not an early riser, you can soon rejoice — it will become ...
“Comet of the century” will be visible for first time in 80,000 years. Here’s how to glimpse it Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas will make a pass close to the Sun throughout late September and October.
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 celestial visitor is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or C/2023 A3 to scientists. Astronomers are expecting the comet to be especially vivid, possibly rivaling the brightness of Jupiter in the night sky.
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.