{"id":39520,"date":"2025-11-06T18:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=39520"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:46:50","slug":"whats-with-all-the-comets-during-this-autumn-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=39520","title":{"rendered":"

What’s with all the comets during this autumn of 2025?!<\/i><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Comet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will reach its closest point to Earth this week, just one day apart from the unrelated comet C\/2025 R2 (SWAN).<\/span>\u00a0(Image credit: Getty Images \/ Javier Zayas Photography)<\/span><\/div>\n

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If you want to see two comets, your best chance will be early this week. After a year without any comets bright enough to be seen without specialist equipment, two \u2014 Comet C\/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and Comet C\/2025 R2 (SWAN) \u2014 have come along at once.<\/p>\n

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Comet Lemmon may look more like a\u00a0lime than its name suggests<\/u><\/a>, but on Tuesday (Oct. 21), the dusty snowball from the outer\u00a0solar system<\/a>\u00a0will reach its closest point to Earth and most likely shine at its brightest. It’s now reached magnitude 4.5, according to\u00a0<\/u><\/a>SpaceWeather.com<\/u><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 about the same brightness as spring’s Beehive Cluster (M44) and only a little dimmer than the Andromeda galaxy (M31).<\/p>\n

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