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 ...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was initially spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on 22 February 2023. However, the comet had already been independently ...

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 ...

That helps explain its full name C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). People are calling it Comet A3 for short. Since then, astronomers have been tracking its progress, watching as it brightens and ...

The space rock — named Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas, or just A3 for short — was only discovered last year and is billed as what could be the “comet of the decade” by the Search for ...

Will Comet A3, also known as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), be as bright as Comet McNaught, ... [+] also known as the "Great Comet" of 2007 (pictured). It’s expected to brighten ...

The comet, called C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS for short), will make its closest flyby of the Sun on Friday, getting closer to the centre of the Solar System than the orbit of ...

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 ...

Earth’s sky is about to gain a bright object, one that could briefly rival the North Star in visibility—if it doesn’t melt first. China’s Tsuchinshan Observatory discovered Comet C/2023 A3 ...