After the prolonged shutdown of the US government, NASA has finally started its nonessential work back up. It’s starting off with a bang: The agency called a press…
Read more NASA Finally Weighs In on the Origin of 3I/ATLASThis year is a boom time for comets. Not only did we have the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS gracing our skies (and Mars’) earlier this year, but now we…
Read more You Need to See This Bright New Comet Shine in the Night Sky This Month Before It Disappears for 1,000 YearsSkywatchers, rejoice. This month, not one but two comets are set to soar into our night skies for your viewing pleasure. The two comets, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and…
Read more Two Newly Discovered Comets Will Streak Across the Skies This Month. Here’s How to See ThemEver since interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS whizzed into our cosmic neighborhood in July, astronomers have been racing to uncover its characteristics. Now that the powerful James Webb Space Telescope…
Read more This Visiting Interstellar Comet Just Keeps Getting WeirderThis story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. C/2023 A3, also known as Tsuchinshan–ATLAS and considered “the comet of the century,” will…
Read more How to View the ‘Comet of the Century’ C/2023 A3
