Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) was hoped to be visible to the naked eye in the next few days, but unfortunately disintegrated as it skimmed past the sun.

A rare comet was visible over Nevada on the evening of Monday, October 14, with timelapse footage showcasing the bright object as it streaked across a purple-hued sky.

Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, has been in the evening sky for a week now. If you haven’t seen it, that’s understandable because there’s also been a bright Moon in the sky.

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...

Named after the Tsuchinshan, or "Purple Mountain," Observatory in China and the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa, the comet was first discovered last ...

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS was identified in 2023 by two observatories, which are also its namesake. China’s Tsuchinshan (or “Purple Mountain”) Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial ...

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS graced in the dawn ... for northern climes since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. Astronomers at the Purple Mountain (Tsuchinshan) Observatory in China first found a faint ...

and scientists have dubbed it the “comet of the century” due to its brightness and visibility. Purple Mountain Observatory in China first spotted the comet and calculated that its orbit would ...

The comet was discovered independently in January 2023 by two observatories - China's Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain) Observatory and South Africa's ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert ...

Scott Burton, one of America’s leading sculptors, entrusted his estate to the museum in 1989, when he was sick with AIDS, to ensure his place in art history. It turned out to be a bad idea.

A rare comet was visible over Nevada on the evening of Monday, October 14, with timelapse footage showcasing the bright object as it streaked across a purple-hued sky. Photographer Tyler Leavitt ...