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Elizabeth Howell

See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)

Two views of a coronagraph showing a very bright comet as a streak, moving through the image.

A dazzling comet left behind a dramatic dust tail as it swept around the sun, new photos reveal.

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was visible to the naked eye earlier in October as the comet, which is sort of an icy space snowball, flew past the sun and Earth.

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