The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

How do you find a comet that could pose a threat to Earth but hasn't passed our planet in the last 200 years or more? You look for its footprint. This is the basis of research led by Samantha ...

At the time, NASA noted that the comet reached its perihelion, or closest approach of the sun, on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET. "Over the past few days, it has broken into chunks as it approached the ...

The latter — a 0.5-meter Schmidt at the South African Astronomical Observatory in Sutherland — is the one that independently detected Comet C/2023 A3, on Feb. 22, 2023.

It was discovered in 2023 at Tsuchinshan Observatory in China and by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in South Africa, hence the comet’s name.

Bloomington residents can view a close-passing comet through the lens of a telescope at a public event at Kirkwood observatory Wednesday. According to NASA, the comet will only be about 26 million ...

The comet was named SWAN, after the instrument that aided its discovery, and it is making its way towards our Solar System. Soon, we may be able to view this comet in the night sky with the naked eye.

Yes, this comet, also known as the A3, can be seen without an observatory telescope — or any telescope at all for that matter. "It's shining at a magnitude of 2.0 right now," said Judah Santiago ...

2024's best comet is nearing Earth and getting brighter. Here's how to see it in the sky, and when it will look its best. ... Tsuchinshan Observatory spotted it first, on January 9, ...

A team of faculty and graduate students in the IU Astronomy department are even creating a model comet from dry ice. ... the Kirkwood Observatory will be open to the public tonight from 8-10.