The comet made its first documented pass by Earth this month and is likely to disappear from our night sky for 80,000 years -- that is, if it survives its voyage around the solar system.

The best comet of the year is starting to fade in brightness, but it’s still an easy naked-eye object in the evening sky.

From the Northern Lights to super moons and the latest SpaceX launches, if you know how, when, and where to look, there has been a lot of activity in the skies over Virginia recently. The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS which orbits our Sun every 80,

Dubbed by some as "the comet of the century," Tsuchinshan–ATLAS could possibly be the brightest comet of 2024, according to NASA, and experts say it won't return in our lifetime thanks to its 80,000-year trip around the sun.

News&Guide photographers captured Comet C/2023 A3, aka Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as is streaked across the night sky this week. It has been visible since mid-October. Although it is getting farther away, it

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) was only discovered in January 2023 and is said to have last been visible from earth 80,000 years ago when the Neanderthals were alive. It’s bright trail has left stargazers in awe across Northumberland as many managed see it with the naked eye on a clear night.