The Mars-grazing comet is called C/2013 A1, but you can call it Comet Siding Spring for short. Siding Spring is the name of the Australian observatory from which it was first spotted.

Comet brightness is difficult to predict. Although it's been clear enough for binoculars so far, it's possible that a telescope will be necessary to see Comet ZTF by the time it lines up with ...

Comet Siding Spring was named for the Australian observatory that first detected it in early 2013 and is currently expected to pass within 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) of Mars on Sunday ...

Comet Siding Spring, named after the Australian observatory where it was discovered in January 2013, will make its closest approach to Mars at 2:27 p.m. EDT Oct. 19. The comet should be visible ...

Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) will pass extremely close to Mars on Oct. 19, 2014. There is even a small possibility that it could impact the planet, although new tracking data has minimized this ...

A speeding comet the size of a mountain will come within 87,000 miles of Mars on Oct. 19, and NASA is planning to observe it with just about everything the agency's got.

Comet C/2013 A1, discovered last year at the Siding Spring observatory in Australia, was expected to pass within about 87,000 miles of Mars at 2:27 p.m. EDT (GMT-4) at a relative velocity 126,000 ...

The comet Siding Spring whizzed within 87,000 miles of Mars, close enough for NASA to force its fleet of spacecraft orbiting Mars to “duck” for cover.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...