Later this month, on October 21 to be precise, comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will make a close approach to the Earth. At a predicted magnitude of 3.9, the dramatically brightening comet should be visible to the naked eye as it rushes past. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

There will be other opportunities to view space objects this year, including C/2025 R2 (SWAN), which may also be bright enough to see without binoculars on October 19 . But one of the most spectacular comets in recent history may have passed you by, due to you being too young or "not born yet".

In 1997, the world witnessed a comet so great that it simply became known as "the great comet".

On July 23, 1995, two US astronomers looked up at the sky and di

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