Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter with the sun today (Sept. 27) here's how to make the most of comet viewing opportunities this weekend and beyond. Excitement is building as ...

The Tsuchinshan Observatory in China detected it first in January, followed by a team using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, in South Africa. Northern lights could ...

The ancient comet—dubbed the “comet of the century”—returns to the inner solar system only once every 80,000 years. Stargazers have been in for quite a treat! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also ...

Tsuchinshan Observatory spotted it first, on January 9, 2023, and then the South African ATLAS telescope picked it up on February 22. At its discovery, the comet was in the constellation Serpens ...

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The saga of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (pronounced Choo-cheen-SHAHN -ATLAS), is now coming down the home stretch. When the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) near Nanjing, China photographed a ...

A once-in-80,000-year sight will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend before heading into the vast abyss of outer space. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas made its closest approach to ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is nearing Earth and getting brighter. By Katrina Miller Katrina Miller last wrote about a comet — Pons-Brooks — in April. Look up, stargazers: A comet discovered last ...

It got its name from the first astronomers and observers who saw it in early 2023. The Tsuchinshan Observatory in China detected it first in January, followed by a team using the Asteroid ...

Stargazers have been in for quite a treat! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3, has made its way to the Northern Hemisphere after appearing in the Southern Hemisphere over the weekend.