A New Earth-Crossing Comet Discovered - Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8) is Now in Outburst Mode

COMET SWAN (C/2020 F8): A new comet has been discovered, and in late May it will pass by the sun near the orbit of Mercury. No, it’s not Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4), which is currently falling apart on a similar trajectory. Instead, this is Comet SWAN (C/2020 F8). Michael Mattiazzo of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia was discovered the comet on April 11, 2020, when he was looking at data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Images taken by astronomers, confirm that the comet is bright (8th magnit