Comet 3I/ATLAS was first identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a global network of four ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory was gearing up to carry out its initial observations ...

Its path through space will take it between the orbits of Earth and Mars before it heads back out toward interstellar space ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb co-authored a July research paper speculating about whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact ...

October Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: Last Chance To See It for 80,000 Years Published Oct 15, 2024 at 9:11 AM EDT Updated Oct 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM EDT By Tom Howarth ...

An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, discovered in 2023, is expected to be visible ...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) is due to pass closest to the sun on October 28, and may be visible to the naked eye in the days before and after.

Over next few nights, the time to view Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is about 45 minutes after sunset. Find a location with an unobstructed view of the western horizon.

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.

The comet, known as C/2024 G3 or ATLAS, could be the brightest of 2025, but it’s too early to tell, said Bill Cooke, lead of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Meteoroid ...

After putting on a show in the predawn sky earlier this month, Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was eventually lost in the glare of the Sun. But now that it has crossed behind the Sun from our ...