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,

According to NASA, a comet is a "cosmic snowball" made up of dust, rock and ice left over from the formation of the solar system which orbit the sun. The orbits of comets are continuously revised as new data becomes available,

It’s the final countdown for skygazers as the much anticipated Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will disappear from our night sky by early November – and likely, forever.

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.

Watch Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as seen from a telescope in Italy Credit: The Virtual Telescope Project Watch live view of the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as seen from the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome,