Four Stunning Comets are Racing Through the Inner Solar System Right Now - Eyes On The Skies

Four bright comets are racing through the inner solar system right now, and they are all relatively easy to see with binoculars. Backyard astronomers around the world have been keeping tabs on these space intruders as they approach the sun, and some of the comets show tantalizing signs that they will soon brighten to at or near naked-eye levels. Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4) continues to shed fragments while slowly fading and becoming more diffuse. But it ain’t dead yet! Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) is presently 8th