An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...

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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A comet nicknamed the “Halloween comet” disintegrated on Monday during its closest approach of the ...

A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ...

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Any comet with a period longer than 200 years is known as a long-period comet, and these are the hardest to predict. Most long-period comets pose no threat to Earth.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3 or simply Comet A3, has emerged as one of the most impressive naked-eye comets this year. As the sun dips below the horizon on Tuesday evening ...

The comet, which will be visible to the naked eye, orbits the sun roughly once every 80,000 years—the last time it passed Earth humans were just migrating out of Africa. Comet A3 seen from ...

Have you seen Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you want to see something to rival Thursday’s global display of Northern Lights (or if you missed the entire show), the sight of a naked-eye comet ...

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 astronomical treats, it looks like we will be able to add a comet to the ...

This autumn is turning into a feast for sky-watchers, with not one but two comets visible - and both potentially visible to the naked eye. Both comets will glow green in our skies. One comet ...

If you’ve heard about comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3) you’ll want to find it in the night sky tonight and every night this week — so here’s how. The first rule ...