Outer space is giving stargazers a rare, celestial treat - an icy comet that will take 80,000 years to return – if it ...

An ancient comet is gracing our night skies this month. Catch it now because it won’t be back for another 80,000 years. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS ... from the Oort cloud, an invisible cosmic ...

The Oort Cloud comet — also known as the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — will be lighting up the sky starting Oct. 9 Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

An icy comet that will take 80,000 years to return – if it survives the trip – is streaking across the sky this October.

"This could be a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts said of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS appearing ... even more distant Oort Cloud," NASA says.

of our star. You can read more of Wray's write up on the Oort Cloud and Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS online here.

Article continues after gallery. Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS is believed to have come out of what astronomers call the Oort Cloud, which lies far beyond Pluto. NASA describes the Oort Cloud as giant ...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is also a long-period comet from the Oort Cloud — a sphere of comets around our solar system — that returns to the inner solar system only once every 80,000 ...

BOSTON - The massive comet that's starting to become visible in the night sky across the United States won't stick around for too long. And once it's gone, Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas won't be seen ...

PHILADELPHIA - An icy comet that will take 80,000 years to return – if it survives the trip – is streaking across the sky this October. Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas ... the Oort Cloud well beyond ...