Indian stargazers capture rarest celestial view of ancient comet, last seen 80,000 years ago

An ancient comet—known as C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS—discovered in 2023 when it approached the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first time in documented human history—recently made its closest approach to Earth.

Stargazers in India not only witnessed the rare celestial view of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)--which occurred almost 80,000 years ago—in the first week of October 2024, but also shared photos of the rarest natural phenomena in the sky.