Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas, also known as C/2023 A3, is making its way towards Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye – meaning without a telescope or other equipment – on Wednesday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 10, according to NASA. The visibility of the comet is dependent on clear weather conditions.

Look up into the sky this month, and you’ll see a comet that won’t return for tens of thousands of years. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3 to scientists and pronounced Choo-cheen-shahn,

The comet was discovered in 2023, approaching the inner solar system on its highly elliptical orbit for the first time in documented human history, NASA reports. It was identified by observers at China’s Tsuchinshan -- or “Purple Mountain” -- Observatory and an ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in South Africa,