Watch: Comet of a Century offers a beautiful show that zooms past Earth

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS delivered a beautiful spectacle in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend, and it won't be the last chance to see the celestial spectacle dubbed the “comet of a century.”

Astronomers and sky watchers have been anticipating the flyby since comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered last year. Astronomers said the comet will reach perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, on September 27 and then turn around for another visit to Earth's environment.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS did not disappoint over the weekend. The video, shot by Shreenivasan Manievannan, shows the comet speeding over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, at sunrise.

NASA astronauts living and working on the International Space Station were treated to a spectacular show about 200 miles above Earth. The Northern Lights danced above the earth as the comet whizzed past the horizon.

The video at the top of the story was captured by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.

“Comet rises above the horizon amid auroras and swirling satellites just before orbital sunrise,” Dominick wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

According to NASA, if the comet survives its closest encounter with the sun, it will swing back when it makes its closest approach to Earth on October 12. The amount of gas and dust the comet emits determines how bright it appears in the sky.

According to NASA, the best time to search for comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is the evening on or before October 12, as the comet will be above the western horizon after sunset.