What might Messier have added if he wanted a more complete list that extended to the far southern sky? To address this question, English astronomy popularizer Sir Patrick Moore (1923–2012 ...
Comet ATLAS G3 will be closest to the Sun on Jan. 13, 2025, but will mainly be visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.
A newly-discovered comet might light up the night sky in the coming weeks, possibly shining even brighter than the planet Venus. The comet, named Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3), is making a beeline for the ...
In the southern hemisphere, they reach the tropics but ... The apparent origin of the shower is the constellation of Boötes, the plowman. The meteors appear to radiate from it.