PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A newly discovered comet is lighting up the skies of the Pacific Northwest. But this weekend marks the best time stargazers can view it with the naked eye.
Discovered in 2023, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) made its closest approach to Earth on Thursday, nearly coinciding with a coronal mass ejection (CME), a phenomenon which leads to the northern lights.
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