Bring on Friday! Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is now speeding towards its closest encounter with the Sun – possibly its one and only encounter with our star. On September 27, the comet ...

Comet A3 will get closest to Earth on Oct. 12, when it will pass about 44 million miles (71 million km) from Earth. However, it will also be closest to the sun — just 14 degrees — in the ...

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 ...

The comet, which will be visible to the naked eye, orbits the sun roughly once every 80,000 years—the last time it passed Earth humans were just migrating out of Africa. ... How to see comet A3.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS ... After perihelion, the comet will be lost in the Sun's glare. However, it is predicted to reemerge in the Northern Hemisphere's night sky from Oct. 12-Oct. 26 ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or Comet A3, is a dusty ball of ice from the Oort Cloud that takes about 80,000 years to orbit the sun. That means some of the last people to see it were Neanderthals .

A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving -- and should be visible in our skies in the upcoming days. The space rock — named Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan ...

Comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, ... The comet made its closest approach to the sun on Sept. 27. Afterward, its path spins around the sun and heads back toward Earth.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3 or simply Comet A3, has emerged as one of the most impressive naked-eye comets this year. As the sun dips below the horizon on Tuesday evening ...

Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...

There are some unknowns with Comet A3. It won't impact Earth, so don't worry about that. But sometimes comets break up as they near the sun. The comet will be closest to the sun on Sept. 27, an ...