You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until ...

You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until ...

Comet ATLAS hit a maximum magnitude of -3.4 during its close encounter with the sun, ... "It is totally amazing to see a comet from orbit. Atlas C2024-G3 is paying us a visit," he posted to X.

The final hurdle for Tsuchinshan-ATLAS to surmount will come on the afternoon of Sept. 27, when it arrives at perihelion — the closest point in its orbit to the sun.

Photos: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with an 80,000-year orbit is seen across Northern California. Scientists say you may catch a glimpse for the next few weeks by looking to the western sky after sunset.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is nearing Earth and getting brighter. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... Initial observations suggest that the comet may orbit the sun once every 80,000 years.

Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun today ... Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail; ...

This image of C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was taken Oct. 11, 2024, by the 0.43-meter X09 telescope in Chile. Note how stretched-out the nucleus appears.

You have just a few weeks left to view the "comet of the century" making its 80,000-year orbit around Earth. Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be visible with the naked eye from Earth until ...

The comet belongs to a family known as Kreutz sungrazers, comets that all follow a similar orbit that takes them very close to the sun every 500 to 800 years, depending on each one's individual orbit.