How to Spot It: Early morning, about 45 minutes before sunrise; bring binoculars for a clearer view of the comet’s tail.

Comet PanSTARRS comes from the PanSTARRS survey conducted from Mt. Haleakala in Hawai'i. Our featured comet is Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. The first of its two names, pronounced Choo-cheen-SHAHN ...

After dropping this space capsule, the mother spacecraft will fly to the comet 311P/PANSTARRS, which exists between Mars and Jupiter. The dual-purpose asteroid-comet mission will last for 10 years.

Early risers are capturing the beauty of Comet A3 (C/2023 A3), hovering across the dawn sky. This rare comet, discovered in ...

A comet is visiting Earth for the first time in 80,000 years, and you can see it this fall. Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, was first discovered in 2023. Its last trip to our ...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is rapidly approaching its closest approach to the sun, which may be the closest it comes to our planet. The comet will reach its brightest at about 36.4 ...

Despite making its appearance only once every roughly 75 years, Halley’s Comet is perhaps one of the most famous objects in the night sky. It last passed by Earth in 1986, and both astronomers and ...

A rare comet is gleaming in our skies this October. It's your only chance to ever see it, and it might be visible to the naked eye. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or Comet A3, is a dusty ball of ice ...

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will reach perihelion — and if it survives its close call with the sun, we may be in for a real treat. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has been making quite a ...

Comet A3 was visible for many folks just before sunrise on Thursday morning, and there might still be a chance for you to catch a glimpse of it. Known officially as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ...

Beautiful northern lights in May. Now, October is giving Ohioans a chance to see possibly the brightest comet of 2024, according to NASA, before it fades away into the outer edge of our solar ...