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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? Here's where and when you might ...
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.
Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.
From a silhouetted space station to glowing comet tails and swirling stars, this year's ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is forecasted to arrive at perihelion on Sept. 27, at a distance of 36 million miles (58 million km) from the sun — a distance equal to that of the average distance of ...
This is the first time that Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will be visible without a telescope in 80,000 years, which is how long it takes to orbit the Sun. It has likely been around for a long time, ...
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.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is passing by the sun and will soon pass by Earth, and could be a spectacularly bright object by mid-October. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS reaches its perihelion on Friday. This marks its closest pass by our sun in its 80,000 year-long orbit.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was initially discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, at the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) in China, and was first thought to be an asteroid.
Tsuchinshan–ATLAS comet, which last passed 80,000 years ago, visible again tonight Sky gazers who’ve yet to view the Tsuchinshan–ATLAS comet may have another chance to catch a glimpse of it ...
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.