Tag Archive for 'C/2023 A3'

This image, taken by the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) on October 10, 2024, shows comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and its bright tail streaming from the upper left to the right; Mercury appears as a bright dot on the left. Image credit: ESA / NASA.

NASA Astronauts, SOHO Spacecraft Snap New Images of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Oct 15, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing by Earth and will be visible through the second half of October 2024. This...