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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Mid-October should be our best chance to view a comet not expected back for another 80,000 years, experts say.

The comet, formally known as C/2023 A3, was first discovered in January 2023 by Purple Mountain Observatory in China’s Jiangsu Province. (The name Tsuchinshan comes from an older transliteration ...

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 ...