Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is the brightest comet in 13 years, visible to the naked eye. Since Oct. 11, observers in ...

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 ...

Named after the Tsuchinshan, or "Purple Mountain," Observatory in China and the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa, the comet was first discovered last ...

We first learned about this comet in early 2023, thanks to astronomers at China’s Purple Mountain Observatory (Tsuchinshan means “purple mountain”) and South Africa’s Asteroid Terrestrial ...

The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However, scientists using a South ...

Here's what we know. The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However ...

Purple Mountain Observatory in China first spotted the comet and calculated that its orbit would cross the Earth’s hemisphere in September or October 2024. This photo provided by Nicolas Biver ...

Here's what we know. The comet was discovered in 2023, as reported by USA Today, by China's Tsuchinshan or "Purple Mountain" Observatory and was originally thought to be an asteroid. However, ...

It was initially discovered in 2023 by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and an ATLAS telescope in South Africa last year. Up till now, you had to be in the Southern Hemisphere to hope to ...

The minor planet, coded 325136, was first discovered in 2008 by the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with an orbital eccentricity of 0.199, an orbital inclination ...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was discovered in 2023 by groups including the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and is believed to have come from the "Oort cloud," an area of numerous small celestial ...

"Actually, the comet reached its peak brightness on Oct 4, but it was too close to the sun for humans to see with the naked eye," explained by Wang Kechao from Purple Mountain Observatory ...