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Comet Leonard's Tail Wiggling In NASA Satellite Footage

NASA STEREO-A satellite's SECCHI/HI-2 camera captured this imagery of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Credit: Space.com | footage ...
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The Great Comet Of 1997 Was Visible To The Naked Eye For A Record 569 Days

Hale-Bopp became known as the "great comet" after the previous "great comet of 1811". That comet was visible to the naked eye for around 260 days, and was the record-holder until Hale-Bopp came into ...

October's celestial highlights: Saturn meeting the moon, 3 meteor showers, and brilliant comets

Comets, meteor showers, a supermoon are among the celestial showcases that await stargazers in the Capital Region and Hudson ...
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"Major Anomaly" As Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Measured To Be Over 33 Billion Tons

A new study has attempted to pin down the properties of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, finding it is "anomalously massive" at around 33 billion tons. On July 1, 2025, astronomers spotted an object ...