Over the next few weeks, comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) will light up the skies within the northern hemisphere.

The final hurdle for Tsuchinshan-ATLAS to surmount will come on the afternoon of Sept. 27, when it arrives at perihelion — the closest point in its orbit to the sun.

The comet has since drawn attention due to its potential to become highly visible to the naked eye. On 9-10 October, Comet ...

offering stargazers a chance to see a comet that has travelled millions of years in orbit to reach us. The comet could shine ...

A team of astronomers observing the recent movement of comets through our solar system are hypothesizing that the unusual ...

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What’s the difference between an asteroid and a comet? A comet is basically a dirty iceball composed of rock and ice.

September will see the appearance of C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, that has traveled for tens of thousands of ...

A mini-moon, which is actually a tiny asteroid, will orbit the Earth at the end of this month until November 25th. Earth is ...

On September 29, 2024, the Earth will have a “second Moon” for two months, marking a truly out-of-this-world phenomenon! It’s ...

In July, astronomer Zdenek Sekanina predicted in a paper in Earth and Planetary Astrophysics that the comet was likely to disintegrate before reaching perihelion – the point in its orbit closest ...

Short-period comets orbit the Sun in 200 years or less and mostly come from the region just beyond Neptune. Long-period comets come from the Oort cloud. Comet C/2023 A3 has a nearly hyperbolic orbit.