While comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible this week, astronomers are reporting a possible fragmentation of comet C/2024 S1 ...
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) | When was it first seen?
It's important to note that comet behavior is notoriously unpredictable and data on this new sungrazer is subject to change.
ATLAS, recently discovered by astronomers from China and South Africa, will make its closest approach to Earth. This ...
There's been talk of another spectacular comet putting on a show in our sky after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Unfortunately, however, ...
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) may disappoint skygazers as it faces potential break-up before its closest approach to the sun. Learn ...
Comet Lovejoy, a fellow Kreutz sungrazer, seen in Santiago, Chile in 2012. Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO/Wikimedia Commons Skygazers have had a lot of fun this past week with Comet Tsuchinshan ...
Some lucky comets, however, do survive the close encounter. One such example is comet Lovejoy. Discovered in 2011, the long period comet and Kreutz sungrazer survived its perihelion and emitted a ...