ATLAS, which should this weekend become a naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky from the northern hemisphere.

Kopernik Observatory Executive Director Drew Deskur discusses how to view rare comet that will be visible in the Southern ...

Sky-gazers in the Northern Hemisphere can spot comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with their naked eyes on Saturday, ...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks invites the public to view a celestial visitor that hasn’t traveled near Earth in at least ...

Here's what Michigan sky watchers should know about catching this rare marvel as it zooms above Michigan's skies in October.

Your unusual chance to see a comet in the sky is here. C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered by astronomers in 2023 — ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was last seen 80000 years ago will be closest to Earth on October 12.

An asteroid was officially named Zhongnanshan in honor of the prominent Chinese respiratory disease expert during a naming ...

A minor planet has been named after Chinese medical scientist Zhong Nanshan in recognition of his contribution to science at ...

Photographers around the world are capturing stunning views of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), the best comet this year.

The name refers to Purple Mountain Observatory in China where it was discovered in January 2023. The ATLAS telescopic survey of the night sky co-discovered the comet. On Sept. 27 an hour before ...

In January 2023, writes Space.com, astronomers at China's Purple Mountain Observatory spotted an object hurtling through space they believed was an asteroid. Scientists a month later at the Asteroid ...