New photos of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appear to show a faint "anti-tail" pointing away in the wrong direction. The puzzling extra limb is the result of a rare illusion that is only possible when our ...

You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 ...

Atlas, a rare and bright comet, should be visible through October, weather permitting. The comet is expected to be visible to ...

A rare comet is still glowing over Ohio. Here's how to see it before it's gone, and won't return for 80,000 years.

The Oort Cloud is a theorized invisible spherical shell that surrounds the Sun.

The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet was first discovered by observers at China’s Tsuchinshan Observatory and an ATLAS telescope in South Africa.

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 ...

A comet not seen in about 80,000 years — since Neanderthals walked the Earth — will be visible soon. In fact, the comet — known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas, as well as the “Oort Cloud ...

at its closest distance to Earth. “For many people, and especially children, seeing a bright comet in the night sky is a beautiful and life-changing experience,” Kareta said. “Even if every ...

Eager sky watchers are turning to the heavens as Comet NEOWISE ... about our origins. Dr. Mainzer likened its approach to a mission that collects samples and returns them to Earth, except ...

You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 ... rock and ice from the solar system's origin, according to NASA.