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'Easter comet' could be visible in daytime skies this April — if it survives a fiery dive past the sun

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/easter-comet-could-be-visible-in-daytime-skies-this-april-if-it-survives-a-fiery-dive-past-the-sun

A newly discovered comet is rapidly brightening and could become visible from Earth — if it survives an extreme close encounter with the sun on April 4.

🌌 Far beyond the last bright planet, the solar system softens into an inferred halo where icy bodies drift in deep quiet. Long-period comets arrive like messages from that distant frontier, written in motion rather than light.

✍️ Trace the full arc of the story: https://TPC8.short.gy/zb8yYmze

🌠 Some frontiers reveal themselves through patience and wonder.

#OortCloud #Comets #Astronomy #Space #Science #CosmicPerspective #TPC8

This Comet Stopped Spinning...Then Started Going Backwards - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYqCwzcf67M

#Astronomy #Cosmology #Comets

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image | Space photo of the day for March 2, 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-shines-in-new-image-space-photo-of-the-day-for-march-2-2026

A white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white

You know, if a star passed through the Oort cloud and disrupted those icy bodies, we'd see something like this: a solar system far more *alive* than anything we've known. A "Comet Storm". Painted by yours truly.

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Iraq-based Kurdish Iranian parties unite to defy the Islamic republic

A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/a-risky-maneuver-could-send-a-spacecraft-to-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-heres-the-plan

Observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS taken using the Gemini South Observatory.

3I/ATLAS Surprises Again! Major Transformation In the Last month - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQwArtfM2Ss

#Astronomy #Cosmology #Comets

TOP 5 Sky Events of 2026 | SarahMaths Astro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvINDRigA0

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2026 February 17

Tails of Comet Wierzchoś
* Image Credit & Copyright: José J. Chambó
https://cometografia.es/acerca-de/jose-chambo/mi-perfil-my-profile/
* Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)
https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/cecilia.bertonimarthahadlerchirenti
https://www.nasa.gov/
https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/
https://www.astro.umd.edu/people/cecilia-chirenti
https://cresst2.umd.edu/

Explanation:
Some comets are regular guests of our solar neighborhood, others come by only once, never to return. We won’t have another chance to see Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś), which is currently making its way through the inner Solar System. The hyperbolic orbit of this comet indicates that it will likely become an interstellar traveler. Comet Wierzchoś is today near its closest approach to the Earth, passing roughly the same distance from the Earth as is the Sun. The featured 30-minute exposure was taken last week in Chile and shows a 5-degree long ion tail as well as three shorter dust tails. The green hue of the coma comes from the breakdown of dicarbon molecules by sunlight, but that process does not last long enough to also tinge the tails. On the far right lies a spiral galaxy far in the distance: NGC 300.
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240808.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2024_E1_(Wierzcho%C5%9B)
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_trajectory
https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/2026/01/18/jan-18th-ultra-distant-comet-c-2024-e1-wierzchos/
https://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2024E1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220206.html
https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en/anatomy-of-a-comet.en.jpg
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250126.html
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-some-comets-glow-green
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/11/Structure_of_a_comet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomic_carbon
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BUCOEePIcAAht9h.jpg
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2113315118
https://science.nasa.gov/universe/galaxies/types/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241202.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260217.html

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2026 February 17
A star field shows a bright comet with its head on the lower left and tails extending toward the upper right. A background galaxy is visible on the far right.

Tails of Comet Wierzchoś
* Image Credit & Copyright: José J. Chambó
* Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

Explanation:
Some comets are regular guests of our solar neighborhood, others come by only once, never to return. We won’t have another chance to see Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś), which is currently making its way through the inner Solar System. The hyperbolic orbit of this comet indicates that it will likely become an interstellar traveler. Comet Wierzchoś is today near its closest approach to the Earth, passing roughly the same distance from the Earth as is the Sun. The featured 30-minute exposure was taken last week in Chile and shows a 5-degree long ion tail as well as three shorter dust tails. The green hue of the coma comes from the breakdown of dicarbon molecules by sunlight, but that process does not last long enough to also tinge the tails. On the far right lies a spiral galaxy far in the distance: NGC 300.

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Newly visible, city-size ’green comet’ will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS A striking “green comet“ about the size of a small city is lighting up the night sky as it nears Ear... https://s.faithcollapsing.com/wasfa#astronomy #comets #space

An orbital diagram of the comet's trajectory through the solar system

Newly visible, city-size ’green comet’ will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS

A striking “green comet“ about the size of a small city is lighting up the night sky as it nears Ear...

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/newly-visible-city-size-green-comet-will-soon-be-ejected-into-interstellar-space-just-like-3i-atlas#astronomy #comets #space

NASA telescope spots the building blocks for life spewing out of comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope detected organic molecules coming off comet 3I/ATLAS as the interstellar visitor made its closest approach to Earth in December.

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/nasa-telescope-spots-the-building-blocks-for-life-spewing-out-of-comet-3i-atlas#astronomy #comets #space