The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet is visible from the Northern Hemisphere this month—and won't be back for another 80,000 years.

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 ...

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 ...

Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was last month seen from Earth for the first time since the Neanderthals were alive, some 80,000 ...

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 ...

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas made its closest approach to the sun in September and will come within 44 million miles of ...

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.