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You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
The newest visitor is 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) from the sun, out near Jupiter. NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in October, scooting between the orbits ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comet Nishimura came into NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft's field of view. The solar wind was interacting with the tail of the ...
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 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 ...
A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.
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 ...
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)) ...
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 ...