Earth might be about to fly through the ion tail of a comet tonight, an extremely rare event not seen for decades. The tail could also produce a visible blue streak in our skies until the end of October. Could be cool! Story by me in New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2451...

Earth may be about to pass through the ion tail of a comet

The ion tail of C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could appear as a blue streak across the northern hemisphere sky during October, in a rare event thought to happen only every few decades