A rare double feature over the Philadelphia region as Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS dazzles in the western sky and the Hunter's ...
The experiment, led by Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was the world’s first successful application of high-sensitivity superconducting receiver technology ...
This year has seen many celestial phenomena including the total solar eclipse in April, Northern Lights in May, a ‘mini-moon’ and now the ‘comet of the century’ this October. This comet ...
This year has seen many celestial phenomena including the total solar eclipse in April, Northern Lights in May, a ‘mini-moon’ and now the ‘comet of the century’ this October. This comet will be the ...
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 ...
However, the comet had already been independently observed in January 2023 by the Tsuchinshan Chinese Observatory (also known as the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences).