Jonti Horner writes that Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is expected to be the brightest spectacle of 2024. Our charts will help you find it in the night sky. University of Southern Queensland theconversation.com/the-best-comet…

Here's everything you need to know about ‘best comet of the year’... Thanks to Jonti Horner via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand! 💫🔭☄️

We're celebrating World Space Week... With a Festival of Astronomy and Space!!! Jonti Horner l Rebecca McElroy 💫

We're about 9 hrs from Comet Tshuchinsan-ATLAS from entering the LASCO C3 images. It'll appear in the right-hand side. (Trust me -- you won't miss it!) Follow along: soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/…

Do you like #Astronomy? ✨ Or do you like #Space? 🚀 And do you live in #Toowoomba? Well - you should come along to University of Southern Queensland's festival of Astronomy and Space! I'll be speaking tomorrow night about galaxy collisions 🌌

Don't miss this one... We're talking all things #SpaceInstruments tonight from 6pm! 🔭 See you there: bit.ly/4eCgtVi. Jonti Horner l Rebecca McElroy 💫

Unquestionably the most conspicuous comet SOHO_Mission has ever seen, even if not technically the brightest 😍☄️ Can't wait to really dig into all the multi-spacecraft data next week! 🤓

On tonight's agenda... We're exploring the powerful cosmic events that occur when galaxies collide! 💫💥🌏 From 6pm: bit.ly/4eCgtVi. Rebecca McElroy l Jonti Horner l World Space Week

Rebecca McElroy Jonti Horner World Space Week And last but not least... Our #CuriousKids will get all of their space questions answered by our renowned scientists today from 3-5pm 🚀 Be there or be square: bit.ly/4eCgtVi. Rebecca McElroy l Jonti Horner l World Space Week

PSA, particularly for science writers/journalists: PLEASE stop saying Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was "last seen 80,000yrs ago", and/or "will return in 80,000yrs". Neither of these are even remotely correct! [Details to follow...]

We're now under 48hrs from Kreutz-group sungrazing comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) entering the SOHO_Mission SOHO/LASCO C3 field of view. It's gonna be interesting to see how this one plays out... [short thread coming up] [📸 M.Mattiazzo, Oct 21 2024]

As many have pointed out, the LASCO images on the SOHO website are saturated. So this is the result of my own algo for processing them. And I will echo my sentiments from yesterday: This. Comet. Is. RIDICULOUS! 🤩😍 ☄️🔭☀️

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) will be visible just after sunset in the coming nights. Jonti Horner University of Southern Queensland theconversation.com/a-bright-sun-s…

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🌍 Are we on a collision course with a 100-metre-wide asteroid? 🔦 Our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Jonti Horner from University of Southern Queensland can help! ☄️ Jonti is an expert in #asteroids #meteors #comets 🔎 Find his details here: buff.ly/4jzjWXr

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has around a 1-in-77 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 – but there's no need to panic. Jonti Horner University of Southern Queensland theconversation.com/astronomers-ha…

My colleague and I at University of Southern Queensland are looking for a postdoc to do some cool science involving data from Gaia and RV exoplanet observations. For more info, check out the advert at: aas.org/jobregister/ad…

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Use our interactive globe to see if you're in the 'zone of disappointment' for the Perseids – then save these dates for better meteor showers to watch. Jonti Horner University of Southern Queensland theconversation.com/everyones-talk…

Everyone's talking about the Perseid meteor shower... But don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ! More from Jonti Horner via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand 💫