New Comet Discovered in January May be Visible in Broad Daylight this April.
A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
New Comet Discovered in January May be Visible in Broad Daylight this April.
A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
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Actual headline:
**A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?**
[Betteridge’s law applies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines). Comets are *incredibly* unpredictable. A question mark after a headline means “stop reading here”.
C/2026 A1 is a Kreutz sungrazer, of which we’ve observed thousands. Most of them don’t survive perihelion and this one needs to in order to make a favourable appearance.
The Day Star approaches .
But then again, it might not.
This mythical “comet visible in daylight” is the unicorn of astronomy. They love to float it as a suggestion in hopes that they can manifest it with positive thinking and clickbait headlines.
Last I saw its path it was intersecting the sun. Any new updates?
Wake me up when it starts heading towards Earth