Rare Comet Visible For First Time In 170,000 Years This Weekend

STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS), is quickly becoming the must-see celestial event of 2026. Here’s how, ...

A Rare Comet Is Coming — And You Won't Need A Telescope To See It Light Up The Sky

Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is brightening as it approaches Earth and should be visible to the naked eye between April 13 and ...

'The comet went in, but only a cloud of debris came out': Watch bright Comet MAPS get torn apart by the sun

New images show the sungrazer comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) did not survive its close approach to our home star. Instead, the ...

How to See Another Rare 'Great Comet' in the Sky This Month

Though C/2026 A1 (MAPS) didn't survive, comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is moving toward peak brightness and could become visible ...
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Why I'm hunting for Comet Pan-STARRS right now — before it's too late

A rare long-period comet returns after 170,000 years — here's how to find comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) before sunrise this ...

‘Comet Of The Year’ Vaporized — But Another Will Peak Late April

Sungrazer’ comet MAPS was destroyed during a close solar pass on April 4, but comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will peak around ...
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New deep-space color image and revolutionary insight about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Jupiter-bound JUICE mission

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS stole our hearts in 2025. Discovered on July 1, and only the third known interstellar visitor, it ...
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ESA's Juice spacecraft learned a lot about comet 3I/ATLAS on its way to Jupiter

ESA's Juice mission captured incredible data from comet 3I/ATLAS as it passed near the Sun, revealing new clues about its ...

A rare sungrazing comet is about to make an extreme flyby in April

If C/2026 A1 (MAPS) survives its close encounter with the sun, it could blaze brightly enough to be seen from Earth.
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In a First, an Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin—Then Reverse Its Rotation

The observation was described on March 26 in the Astronomical Journal. Nine years ago, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák—41P ...
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Rare Comet May Be Visible Over Easter Weekend: When To Watch

A newly discovered comet is set to make a dramatic close pass by the Sun this weekend, and if it survives the intense heat and gravitational forces, skywatchers may be treated to a spectacular show.

How to Watch a Rare Comet for the First Time in 170,000 Years This Weekend

Viewing conditions improve this week, thanks to darker skies as the moon wanes following the last quarter phase on April 10 ...