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Bright comet coming this fall might be falling apart. Why some astronomers haven’t lost hope. Updated: ; Jul. 24, 2024, 9:52 a.m. | Published: ; Jul. 24, 2024, 9:29 ...
Comet C/2019 Y4 fell apart as it approached the sun in 2020. The Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture this photo of the comet's fragments. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI and D. Jewitt (UCLA)) ...
This fall we see the return of Saturn, Jupiter and Venus, and the possibility of a glimpse at a recently discovered comet. Fall officially began with the autumnal equinox at 8:43 a.m. Eastern time ...
Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion, getting ten times closer to the Sun than Earth does. This comet is a sungrazer comet, and the encounter made it bright – so ...
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on September 28, 2024. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. This fall, not one but two comets could be visible to the naked eyes of curious stargazers, gracing ...
Comet A3 can be seen without binoculars or a telescope, but Claude Haynes of the East Valley Astronomy Club says they allow you to see more. "Binoculars are your friend in this case, so use them ...
A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.
The hunter's moon, the first full moon of fall, will be visible Thursday. ... The comet, also called C/2023 A3 and Comet A3, can be viewed by looking at the western horizon after sunset.
A new paper suggests that comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, may completely break apart before it reaches its closest approach to Earth in October. If the comet does survive long ...
A new paper suggests that comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, may completely break apart before it reaches its closest approach to Earth in October. If the comet does survive long ...