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See Comet Lemmon as it nears Earth, brightens to naked eye visibility

See Comet Lemmon as it nears Earth, brightens to naked eye visibility
science10/18/2025

The comet is fast approaching its closest encounter with Earth on Tuesday, March 21, a harmless 28.6 million miles.

Space, it’s full of surprises. An object, discovered at the beginning of the year, was first thought to be an asteroid. But then it grew a tail. Astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona found Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) on Jan. 3. At that tim... [2919 chars]