Comet Tsuchinshan graced with strong auroras

Image of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with auroras. Credit: Matthew Dominick

Auroras are gracing the northern nations

The sun launched an X9 solar flare on the 3rd of October at 12:18 UTC, the largest solar flare since 2017, this is gracing the northern nations with a beautiful and colourful sight, which can be seen with the naked eye.

What about the comet?

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, is set to be seen in both hemispheres, meaning everyone will be able to get a chance to see this one in a lifetime event, including you!

This comet was discovered by The Purple Mountain Observatory (tsuchinshan) in China, they first thought it was an asteroid, but the ATLAS search program in South Africa(The Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System) confirmed it to be a Comet.

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