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And you thought your commute was long. A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving — and should be visible in our skies in the upcoming days, according to ...
“This comet is going to make for some really cool images as it gets closer to the Sun,” he wrote on X, together with a timelapse of the space rock. While some claim it will be the best chance ...
You need to get up before the sun and look toward your eastern horizon — so find a place where you can see very low on the horizon. Your best shot at seeing this comet is Tuesday morning ...
As a comet approaches the sun, it heats up very quickly causing solid ice to turn directly into gas via a process called sublimation, according to the Lunar and Planetary Institute. The gas ...
It is almost certainly a combination of factors or processes, but fundamentally it’s all due to a comet with a very volatile surface/composition getting too close to the Sun. It is definitely ...
You can look for the comet that very night. Another total solar eclipse, by contrast, won’t return to the 48 contiguous states until 2044.
The comet should be visible to the naked eye after twilight fades, and it could have a spectacular tail. “It’s very promising,” said Omahan Allison Bair, 47, who works as a research ...