Rubin Observatory may shine a lot of light on dark comets when it comes online ... skywatching events and more! When a comet gets close to the sun, the sunlight heats up the ice, causing it ...

Even without the advent of the Rubin Observatory, there is plenty to be excited about for future dark comet discoveries. Our rate of discovering new dark comets has been drastically increasing ...

Dr Balaji suggested that people wanting to spot the comet should track its position to find where it may appear in the sky. They should then look for a dark location away from light pollution and ...

To the unaided—or even the aided—human eye the comet will look nothing like what you see in images on social media. Should you go on a special trip to the countryside in search of dark rural ...

All celestial objects look better when viewed in a dark sky. For comet A3 — also called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) — that goes double. It may be brighter than most comets, yet it’s ...

11-12 — Comet of origin: 109P/Swift-Tuttle — Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR): 100 (The number of meteors a single observer would see in an hour of peak activity with a clear, dark sky and the ...