Scientists are excited to begin capturing Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as the object is expected to soon be very bright in the night sky.

How bright will Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS get? With limited data, astronomers sometimes struggle to discern just how bright a comet will get. “Comets behave like cats,” Dr. Masi said.

A comet that hasn't visited Earth for 80,000 years is coming back this month. Here's what to know about its travels and how to see it.

The comet—traveling about 44 million miles away—was observed from Earth for the first time earlier this month.

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).

This fall, not one but two comets could be visible to the naked eyes of curious stargazers, gracing Earth’s skies with a new glow. One of them, called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), is already ...

The third interstellar object detected has been named 3I/ATLAS and was discovered on July 1 from Chile. Astronomers from the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands are tracking it with ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has an 80,000 year orbit and, it just so happens, that it is now approaching its closest pass to Earth.