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Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge ...
A view of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS generated using Starry Night Pro 8.0 that shows what it may look like in the western evening sky on Oct. 14, 2024. (Image credit: Starry Night) ...
A recently discovered comet, named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, makes its closest approach of Earth on Saturday. The comet’s next appearance may be in 80,000 years.
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known by its catalog designation C/2023 A3, is now magnitude 2.2 in the morning sky.But if you’re not an early riser, you can soon rejoice — it will become ...
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was initially discovered on Jan. 9, 2023, at the Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan) in China, and was first thought to be an asteroid.However, on Feb. 22, 2023, the ...
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, like all comets, is a frozen chunk of leftover material from the birth of the solar system. The comet begins to melt as it nears the sun, ...
PASS IT ON! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit & it's now approaching its closest pass to Earth. It will get higher in the early evening sky through October 21st.
Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, may become the next brilliant comet. The brightnesses of such objects, however, are notoriously difficult to predict. But if it continues ...
A comet named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is making an 80,000-year orbit around the sun. Some have dubbed it the "comet of the century" because of how brightly it might shine in the night sky.
The coma and long tail of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), is currently shining at magnitude +0.5.That's well within the grasp of the human eye. It's likely ...
Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.