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Comet that hasn’t been seen for 80K years will be visible in the night sky. Here’s how to spot it
In 2023, a green comet that last visited Earth 50,000 years ago zoomed by the planet again. Other notable flybys included Neowise in 2020, and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the mid to late 1990s.
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Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake
Discovered on January 30, 1996 by an amateur astronomer from southern Japan, Comet Hyakutake (pronounced "hyah-koo-tah-kay,") came 13 times closer to the Earth than Hale-Bopp. There were two ...
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Great Comets of the 1990s
The small photos of Comet Hyakutake and Comet Hale-Bopp in the initial color astrophoto montage do not do them justice. Here they have been reprocessed for a larger display. The photo of Comet ...
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A rare comet brightens the night skies in October
In 2023, a green comet that last visited Earth 50,000 years ago zoomed by the planet again. Other notable flybys included ...