Comet C/2023 A3 making closest pass to Earth Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth. On Wednesday ...

This month sees a very special visitor to the skies over Earth: a comet that only passes by once every 80,000 years. The last time this comet passed Earth, Neanderthals populated the planet ...

How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this Friday, Nov. 1, with sky charts, ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...

Stellar Stories Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS now a faint naked-eye object Moving across the constellation Ophiuchus in the evening ...

New research explores if the moon was captured by Earth or formed by a collision. Scientists weigh theories, analyzing lunar ...

ALBAWABA - In an infrequent phenomenon, NASA revealed that an Oort Cloud comet, identified as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is expected to pass by Earth in a historical scene. The comet will be ...

A comet seen down on Earth this weekend could make another appearance this week. On Saturday afternoon, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas was seen blazing through the sky, the second-brightest comet spotted ...

It was photographed at the Seven Magic Mountains art installation off Interstate 15 south of Las Vegas. The comet is coming toward Earth and will make its closest pass on Saturday. It should be ...

The last time it zoomed past the Earth was around 80,000 years ago, when the Neanderthals were still around. In its current approach, the comet reached its closest point to Earth on 12 October ...