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☆ Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS will soon fly by Earth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Ashley Strickland | Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A recently discovered comet, known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, will make its closest approach of Earth on Saturday. Sky-gazers won’t want to miss the event since it may be the last time the comet will be seen in the night sky for another 80,000 years. It will just appear to hang there, and it will slowly change position from night to night,” Cooke said. C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS appears brighter in an image taken by the Virtual Telescope Project three days after the comet reached its perihelion. “For many people, and especially children, seeing a bright comet in the night sky is a beautiful and life-changing experience,” Kareta said.

Persons: CNN —, Gianluca Masi, Bill Cooke, It’s, ” Cooke, ”, Teddy Kareta, Cooke, ” Kareta Organizations: CNN, Southern Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, NASA, Telescope, Marshall Space, Lowell, Virtual Telescope, American Meteor Society, Taurids Locations: Italy, Meteoroid, Huntsville , Alabama, South Africa, Flagstaff , Arizona

☆ ‘Devil comet’ will make its closest pass of Earth in 71 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil comet,” will make its closest approach of Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. Given that the comet won’t pass by Earth again for decades, collective observations by astronomers could provide key insights into its true nature and behavior. Officially known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the celestial object made its closest pass of the sun on April 21, coming within 74.4 million miles (119.7 million kilometers) of our star. The comet will make its closest pass of Earth on Sunday, but it will be more than 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) away from our planet and won’t pose a risk. An overlapping series of events likely has contributed to Pons-Brooks’ distinctive look, but it could also be due to our perspective of the comet, Kareta said.

Persons: Pons, Brooks, Gianluca Masi, Dave Schleicher, ”, Teddy Kareta, Jean, Louis Pons, William Robert Brooks, ” Schleicher, Kareta, Schleicher, “, it’s, 12P, Theodore Kareta, ” Kareta Organizations: CNN, Northern, Southern, Millennium, “, Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Lowell, Pons, ”, Lowell Discovery Telescope Locations: Italy's Tuscany, Arizona, Pons

☆ An asteroid the size of a football stadium will blaze past Earth on Friday. Here's how to watch the 'City Killer' pass by live.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has spotted a giant, "city killer" asteroid in space that's currently flying toward Earth. You can watch their livestream on YouTube or in the video below:The livestream will track Asteroid 2008 OS7 as it flies by Earth. AdvertisementAbout asteroid 2008 OS7Asteroid 2008 OS7 orbits the sun every 962 days. Potentially hazardous asteroidsAsteroid 2008 OS7 is what NASA calls a "potentially hazardous" asteroid because of its size and how close it flies past Earth. As of August 2023, just over 2,300 have been designated potentially hazardous, Space.com reported.

Persons: Gianluca Masi, Masi, VTP Organizations: Service, Jet Propulsion, NASA, Business, Telescope, YouTube

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered comet is swinging through our cosmic neighborhood for the first time in more than 400 years. Stargazers across the Northern Hemisphere should catch a glimpse as soon as possible — either this week or early next — because it will be another 400 years before the wandering ice ball returns. The comet, which is kilometer-sized (1/2-mile), will sweep safely past Earth on Sept. 12, passing within 78 million miles (125 million kilometers). The comet will come closest to the sun — closer than Mercury is — on about Sept. 17 before departing the solar system. “The comet looks amazing right now, with a long, highly structured tail, a joy to image with a telescope,” he said.

Persons: ”, Paul Chodas, Chodas, Gianluca Masi, it’s, Masi, Nishimura, Galileo Organizations: NASA’s Center, Telescope, Northern, Southern Hemisphere, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla, Italian, Southern

☆ First photo of a black hole resembles 'skinny' doughnut
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The first photo ever taken of a black hole looks a little sharper now. The central region is darker and larger, surrounded by a bright ring as hot gas falls into the black hole in the new image. The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, called EHT, is a global network of telescopes that captured the first photograph of a black hole. Computers using PRIMO analyzed more than 30,000 high-resolution simulated images of black holes to pick out common structural details. But if heated materials in the form of plasma surround the black hole and emit light, the event horizon could be visible.

☆ How to see the Venus and Jupiter conjunction, when the two brightest planets align in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jupiter and Venus will appear to almost touch in the night sky on Wednesday and Thursday. They're the brightest objects in the sky after the sun and moon, so they're visible to the naked eye. In fact, Venus is the third brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon. How to spot Jupiter and Venus in the skyJupiter (left) and Venus (right) are two of the brightest objects in the sky. They'll creep away from each other night after night, Venus rising and Jupiter dropping toward the horizon and the sun.

☆ The green comet and Mars will appear side-by-side next weekend. Spot them together in the sky.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A green comet and Mars will appear side-by-side in the night sky on February 10 and 11. The green comet and the red planet will be visible side-by-side across the Northern Hemisphere on the nights of February 10 and 11. All that could make it much easier to spot the cosmic visitor, a ball of frozen gas and dust called Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), or Comet ZTF for short. Once you spot Mars, finding the green cosmic snowball should be a breeze if it's bright enough. How to see Mars and Comet ZTFThe Hubble Space Telescope took this snapshot of Mars in the 1990s.

☆ See the rare green comet in pictures so you know what to look for in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A rare green comet is flying past Earth in late January and early February. Comet ZTF hasn't passed our planet since the last Ice Age, and humans may never see it again. These stunning photos show what you could see if you spot the green comet in the night sky. If you catch Comet ZTF with a telescope, you could see something like this:Comet ZTF, as photographed on January 18, 2023. Want to see the green comet yourself?

☆ Pictures of the year: Space
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array which linked together radio observatories across the planet to form a single...moreThe first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array which linked together radio observatories across the planet to form a single "Earth-sized" virtual telescope. The new view captures light bent by the powerful gravity of the black hole, which is four million times more massive than our Sun. EHT Collaboration/National Science FoundationClose

☆ (foto, video) Luna sângerie de ieri a creat spectacol pe cer. Cum a fost văzut acest fenomen din mai multe colțuri ale lumii
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

(foto, video) Luna sângerie de ieri a creat spectacol pe cer. Cum a fost văzut acest fenomen din mai multe colțuri ale lumiiIeri, 26 mai 2021, pe cer s-a întâmplat un spectacol, iar „vinovată” de aceasta se face Luna Roșie, intitulată științific și Super Luna sângerie. Acest fenomen este foarte așteptat de astronomi și amatorii de astrologie, pentru că are loc doar atunci când Soarele, Pământul și Luna se aliniază perfect. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matheus Zingano (@matheuszingano)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie (@chazrbchef)View this post on Instagram A post shared by NASA (@nasa)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anastassiya.7117 🇰🇿🇦🇺 (@anastassiya.7117)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Club De Nutrición Fitness (@nutrifitnesshv)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrea Casalenuovo (@andrea.casalenuovo)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ara’s Photography (@tus_nua21)View this post on Instagram A post shared by Martin Dolan (@martin_dolan_photography)Iar întrucât eclipsa nu a putut fi vizibilă din Europa, ESA a difuzat un live stream cu imaginile lunii de la CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, agenția națională pentru științe a Australiei) și de la instalația de urmărire a spațiului a ESA din New Norcia, Australia de Vest. Livestreamul ESA a fostcomentat de mai mulți astronomi și oameni de știință invitați.

Persons: Roșie, 🇰🇿🇦🇺 Organizations: sângerie Locations: New

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