Celestial wonders: Once-in-80,000-year comet and northern lights illuminate October skies
October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 23 -- Brown University issued the following news:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] As spooky season unfolds, the October sky has come alive with some frightfully stellar sights.Among these cosmic wonders is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a rare visitor that won't near Earth again for another 80,000 years. Officially designated C/2023 A3, this remarkable space rock is hurtling toward the planet from the far reaches of the solar system, with its closes . . .
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] As spooky season unfolds, the October sky has come alive with some frightfully stellar sights.Among these cosmic wonders is Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a rare visitor that won't near Earth again for another 80,000 years. Officially designated C/2023 A3, this remarkable space rock is hurtling toward the planet from the far reaches of the solar system, with its closes . . .