Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright naked-eye object with a significant tail? Here's where and when you ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is arriving at its projected pinnacle of brightness, followed by a transition into the evening sky.

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. It's likely ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known by its catalog designation C/2023 A3, is now magnitude 2.2 in the morning sky.But if you’re not an early riser, you can soon rejoice — it will become ...

The celestial visitor is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or C/2023 A3 to scientists. Astronomers are expecting the comet to be especially vivid, possibly rivaling the brightness of Jupiter in the night sky.

Only discovered in 2023, Comet C/2023A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is visible through the naked eye right now. It won't return for another 80,000 years.

A comet named C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is making an 80,000-year orbit around the sun. Some have dubbed it the "comet of the century" because of how brightly it might shine in the night sky.

PASS IT ON! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit & it's now approaching its closest pass to Earth. It will get higher in the early evening sky through October 21st.

Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas makes an appearance in the western night sky as amateur photographers Nolan Letellier, left, and Link Jackson observe on a ridge near the Dry Creek Trailhead in Boise, Idaho.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright naked-eye object with a significant tail?

Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will be within range of the LASCO C3 imagery through 22:00 UT (6:00 p.m. EDT on Oct. 10). It will appear to pass closest to the sun — a scant 3.5-degrees from its ...

Have you seen comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS yet? If you haven't yet seen the bright, icy space rock that's traveled from the edge of the solar system, it's not too late. But you need to see it soon.