Stargazers are in for a treat -- a newly discovered comet is visible in the July night sky. Comet Neowise, discovered in late March, is appearing brighter as it approaches the sun, according to AccuWeather. Researchers say this is the first time the comet ...

Considered a “binocular comet,” NEOWISE is bright enough to see with the naked eye but is enhanced with visual aids like binoculars. Thorson said it’s an “easy, easy find” in the evening sky “slightly west of north” once the sun has set. “All you need is a fairly flat northern horizon view without street lights in the way,” he said.

CLEVELAND — A three-mile wide comet named “NEOWISE” lit up the sky early Tuesday morning. Photojournalist Mike Vielhaber and traffic reporter Jon Rudder were some of the lucky few who woke up before dawn to catch a glimpse of the comet—officially ...

Stargazers have been in for quite a treat! Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3, has made its way to the Northern Hemisphere after appearing in the Southern Hemisphere over the weekend. It is currently shining at a magnitude of +0.5—well ...

NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth objects such as asteroids in its lifetime, burned up in the atmosphere as expected on Friday (Nov. 1), the agency announced.

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The California Nebula is seen in its entirety in this image from NASA’s WISE mission, covering over 25 square degrees of sky. In this infrared view, the dust clouds underlying the nebula glimmer in greens and reds. Also known as NGC 1499, it derives its ...