The Washington Post4d
How to see the once-in-80,000-year-comet before it’s too late
China’s Tsuchinshan (or “Purple Mountain”) Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa documented it for the first time in history as ...
News Letter on MSN2d
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium captures images of Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Comet
The Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) has successfully captured images of the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet, a rare ...
Astronomy25d
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: The comet of the year is here
The comet’s name comes from the two observatories that discovered it: the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (also known as the Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory ...
Oregonian2d
New comet in Oregon sky captured in dramatic photos
The comet was discovered in 2023 by “by observers at China’s Tsuchinshan – or “Purple Mountain” – Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in ...
USA Today6d
Comet visible with naked eye in sky this weekend comes around only every 80,000 years
The comet making its appearance now derived its name from those who first discovered it last year, the Tsuchinshan, or "Purple Mountain," Observatory in China and the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial ...
KWTX7d
This weekend brings a great chance to see a comet
It gets its name from it being discovered at both China’s Purple Mountain Observatory (tsuchinshan means “purple mountain”) and South Africa’s Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System ...
SFGate18d
Mesmerizing footage shows comet soaring over San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge
Researchers at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China, first noticed it in January 2023, and when another observatory in South Africa saw the same cosmic orb six weeks later and noticed ...
Houston Chronicle29d
Astronaut captures stunning first views of approaching comet
It was discovered by the Purple Mountain Observatory east of Nanjing, China on Jan. 8, 2023, and independently found by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa ...
Space.com22d
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may dazzle this weekend. But is the best yet to come?
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will have a close encounter with the sun today (Sept. 27) here's how to make the most of comet viewing opportunities this weekend and beyond. Excitement is building as ...
USA Today14d
A bright comet will be visible in northern skies soon. How to see it.
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is rapidly approaching its closest approach to the sun, which may be the closest it comes to our planet. The comet will reach its brightest at about 36.4 ...
Seattle Times3d
Once-in-a-lifetime comet brightens WA sky Monday night
The comet is called Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. It was discovered last year at the Tsuchinshan (Purple Mountain) Observatory in China and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...