That marked a view of comet dust that the telescope had not seen before. “LASCO has seen many beautiful comet transits during its decades of operations, but seeing a side-on view of a comet’s dust ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

That marked a view of comet dust that the telescope had not seen before. “LASCO has seen many beautiful comet transits during ...

Robert Massey, the Royal Astronomical Society's deputy executive director, said: "Bright comets are quite rare, so if you do get a chance to see one, take a look, even if you have to use a pair of ...

They're absolutely beautiful." The comet's full name is C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS). Unlike asteroids, which are entirely made of rock, comets are made up of ice, rock, and gas. As they approach ...