Comets

There's been talk of another spectacular comet putting on a show in our sky after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Unfortunately, however, it doesn't look like the newcomer will deliver.

Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth's skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun.

The SOHO spacecraft captured amazing imagery of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) zooming near the sun as the star unleashed a powerful X flare.

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will reach perihelion — and if it survives its close call with the sun, we may be in for a real treat.

A video filmed by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick shows a rare glimpse of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as seen from the International Space Station.

We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked-eye object in our October evening skies.

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'Dark comets,' which have no visible tail, could also explain the strange behavior of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.

By the end of this summer, we may have a good idea as to whether we'll have a bright naked-eye comet gracing our early autumn evening sky, known as C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).

Perhaps one comet per year will approach the edge of naked-eye visibility.