An artist's rendering of two comets that will make a near-earth passes later this month. The first, known as SWAN, will pass ...
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A long-tailed comet named C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was first spotted near the sun on 12 September. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory ...
It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor shower. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN), or SWAN R2 for short, was discovered on Sept. 12 by ...
This year, the October sky could offer a rare spectacle: two comets are expected to become visible simultaneously. The first, discovered recently, follows an extremely long orbit. The ...
The images offer the closest view yet of comet 3I/ATLAS, famous for being only the third known interstellar object to pass ...
A newly discovered comet will soon be gracing our evening sky. On Sept. 10, Vladimir Bezugly of Dnipro, Ukraine was examining online images of a low-resolution public website showing images obtained ...
Named 3I/ATLAS, this comet is the third-ever interstellar visitor to our solar system to be observed by astronomers. By the end of this month, it'll pass behind Mars and be blocked from our view, ...
On Sept. 7 2025, the skies darkened as Earth's shadow consumed the moon. Skywatchers in many parts of the world saw the moon turn blood red due to a total lunar eclipse. For amateur astronomers ...
Back in July, scientists operating a planetary defense facility designed to detect potentially hazardous asteroids spotted a visitor from another star: an interstellar object, and the third of its ...
No tricks, but skywatchers may be in for an October treat when a newly discovered comet passes through our skies. Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) — or SWAN25B for short — looks to be heading our way. "[The ...