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New Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) Is About To Face The Sun And Should Soon Be Visible To The Naked Eye
We have been moderately lucky with comets in the last several months. We had Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS last October shining ...
A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
A newly discovered comet, called C/2025 F2 (SWAN), may have disintegrated. But the remnants are still visible.
Newly discovered Comet SWAN makes once-in-a-lifetime appearance before brush with Sun
A newly discovered comet is fascinating astronomers and amateur stargazers alike as it remains a brightening feature in the northeast night sky.
Newly discovered comet is making a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ appearance. Here’s how to see it
Last year there was much ballyhoo over the so-called “devil comet,” some will-it-won’t-it drama of Tsunchinshan-ATLAS, and the sudden discovery (and quick demise) of a third comet that failed to meet ...
A Scientific Revolution by Push Notification
Judging by the volume of messages that I, too, received on Wednesday night, a great many people interpreted the Times ’ push ...
Why some meteor showers are so unpredictable
Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper ...
Comet SWAN puts on a must-see sky show as it becomes visible with binoculars without telescope
Minor Planet Center officially designated comet SWAN25F as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) on April 8. SWAN is an instrument particularly designed to study the Sun ...
We Keep Coming Up Empty in the Search for Alien Life. Here’s What That Could Mean—and What Comes Next
Seems unintuitive, but the mounting list of lifeless planets might be exactly what scientists need to figure out how common ...