The ‘best comet of the year’ is finally here – here’s everything you need to know
- Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
AstroStar/ShutterstockIn January 2023, a new comet was discovered. Comets are found regularly, but astronomers quickly realised this one, called C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), had the potential to be quite bright.
Some hyperbolic reports have suggested it might be the “comet of the century”, but any astronomer will tell you the...





