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Amid the season with at least one meteor shower occurring every night, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may become visible to us ...
This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.
3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us ...
Using its 14-inch main telescope, the observatory tracked the comet immediately after sunset. In the resulting image, the ...
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Now roughly 14th magnitude, Comet C/2024 E1 Wierzchoś is ripe for spotting with an 8-inch scope. With no Moon in the evening ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare visitor from outside the Solar System, might have been spewing gases for months ...
The comet, which poses no risk to Earth, first burst onto the scene July 1, spotted by NASA’s ATLAS survey telescope in Chile ...
Travel the universe from your seat with our picks from the annual ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.
Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, September 12Mars passes 2° north of 1st-magnitude Spica in Virgo at 4 A.M. EDT, though neither has risen at this time (they rise in ...
Astronomy isn’t just about distant stars; it’s also about the human effort here on Earth that makes it possible to extend our ...
On July 1, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected what was first believed to be an asteroid. As ...