NEW YORK — Prepare to spot a rare, bright comet. The space rock is slinging toward Earth from the outer reaches of the solar system and will make its closest pass on Saturday. It should be visible ...

A bright comet dubbed the 'best of the year' is set to light up the autumn sky. Comet A3 is already visible to stargazers with the right equipment in the northern hemisphere, though it remains low ...

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The passing of a comet can bring feelings of either dread or wonder. A mysterious celestial event known as the Star of Bethlehem — which was said to have accompanied the birth of Jesus Christ ...

If you’re into stargazing, the next few weeks need to be marked in your calendar, more specifically for comet-gazing. The comet C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is currently making ...

The comet is currently located between the orbits of Mercury and Venus. It will reach its closest point to the Sun Saturday (September 28) at a distance of approximately 58.6 million kilometres ...

Comet A3, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), is now putting on a show to those in ... [+] the Northern Hemisphere (image shows Comet NEOWISE C/2020 F3 from 2020). UPDATE: Early eye ...

At 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT) the comet will be about 36.4 million miles (58.6 million kilometers) away from the sun. To put that distance into perspective, it's almost the same as Mercury's average ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter ... at a distance of 36.38 million miles (58.54 million km) — Mercury's average sun distance — on Friday, Sept. 27 at 1:47 p.m. EDT (1747 ...

The comet reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, today, September 27, when it will be just 60 million kilometers out. That’s roughly the same distance from our star as Mercury ...

This October will see a once-in-80,000-year event, when Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS passes by Earth. First spotted in 2023, the comet (technically called C/2023 A3), which has been billed the “comet ...