Astronomers Tracking Rare Comet—How To See From Your Backyard

Perihelion is the point on an orbital course that brings a body closest to the sun. C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) is an Oort cloud comet ...
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How to Spot Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in November’s Morning Sky

A comet older than our Solar System is within backyard astronomers’ reach. Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor discovered in July 2025 by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey in Chile, has emerged ...
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Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled

Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled ...
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Vermont Woman Photographs Distant Galaxies Using Gear Most Scientists Would Call Basic

In a recent feature published by Space.com, Vermont-based astrophotographer Dr. Michele Hernandez Bayliss has revealed a stunning set of deep-sky portraits captured entirely from her own backyard ...
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Trick or treat: Here's where comets Lemmon, SWAN and 3I/ATLAS are in the Halloween sky

Halloween is upon us and the 2025 spooky season is abuzz with talk of three cosmic visitors — Comet Lemmon, Comet SWAN and the interstellar traveler 3I ATLAS — said to be haunting the night sky. But ...
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Kirkwood Observatory brings weekly astronomy nights to IU students, Bloomington locals

The observatory’s proximity to Kirkwood Avenue, a hotspot for IU students, helps attract people outside of the astronomy ...