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Skywatching Alert: Catch this rare, once-in-80,000 years comet before it disappears!
If celestial wonders are your thing, this is the perfect time to turn your eyes to the sky. A rare…
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How to see Comet A3, which could be the best comet in a decade. Neanderthals walked the Earth last time it flew by.
Comet A3 hasn't been past Earth since the Neanderthals. It'll be visible across the Northern Hemisp…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A rare 'Devil comet' will appear during the 2024 total solar eclipse. Here's how to see the Mt. Everest-sized space rock.
Cryovolcanic Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, aka the Devil comet or Mother of Dragons comet, may be visible …
Ellyn Lapointe
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A rare manuscript about eclipses just sold for $255,000 at auction. Its author was the man who discovered the most famous comet.
Edmond Halley didn't just write about comets. His manuscripts on lunar and solar eclipses sold at a…
Jenny McGrath
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See the rare green comet in pictures so you know what to look for in the sky
Night-sky photography is offering a sneak peek at the green-comet spectacle you could spy with bino…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A comet larger than Everest will streak through the night sky in the coming weeks. Here's how to see it.
12P/Pons-Brooks, a comet with possible volcanic activity on its surface, will become increasingly v…
Marianne Guenot
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Lucknow prepares to view Stone-age 'green comet' that'll be seen end of January
The comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will light up the sky in the last week of January or early F…
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A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. Here's how to see it.
Comet Nishimura is already visible with small telescopes. If it survives the sun, it will be visibl…
Marianne Guenot
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The real science behind the mysterious 'Devil Comet' that's larger than Mount Everest and erupting for reasons scientists don't fully understand
The 12P/Pons-Brooks comet is passing by Earth for the first time in the 21st century.
Jessica Orwig,Charles R. Davis
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Astronomer discovers rare comet near the sun during total solar eclipse
An astronomer has spotted a little tiny speck flying past the Sun which is a recently discovered ra…
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I tried to see the green comet, but made 3 crucial mistakes that left me disappointed
I failed at spotting the green comet so you don't have to. First-time stargazers like me should pla…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An amateur astronomer caught one of the brightest fireballs ever seen on Jupiter. Watch the rare video footage.
An asteroid or comet smacked Jupiter on camera. Only a few impacts this big and bright have ever be…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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The green comet and Mars appear side-by-side this weekend. Spot them together in the night sky.
A green comet and the red planet debut in a colorful showdown this weekend. You can easily find the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA skywatcher says a brand-new 'meteor storm' from a shattered comet might blaze across night skies next week
The Tau Herculids meteor shower could be a dramatic cosmic display, and the first "meteor storm" si…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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A couple got engaged under a rare comet that is only visible every 6,800 years
John Nicotera and Erica Pendrak got engaged under Comet Neowise. Their friend was there to photogra…
Samantha Grindell
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A rare chemical that helped DNA form may have come to Earth on comets from newborn stars, astronomers find
Astronomers had already found traces of phosphorus in data Rosetta gathered about 67P, but they had…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Comet Neowise is a dazzling sight, but it's also a reminder of how woefully unprepared we are for dangerous asteroids
A NASA telescope spotted Comet Neowise by sheer luck three months ago. If the comet were a killer a…