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Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Will Soon Be Visible to the Naked Eye     – CNET

Bright Green Comet Passing Earth Will Soon Be Visible to the...

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Now's the time to start looking for Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in clear, dark, moonless night skies as it prepares to pass by Earth.The Zwicky Transient Facility, aka ZTF, in Southern California discovered the dramatic object in March. It'd been speeding in the direction of the sun up until Jan. 12 when it reached perihelion, its closest pass…
Bright Green Comet Almost Visible to the Naked Eye Passes by the Sun Today     – CNET

Bright Green Comet Almost Visible to the Naked Eye Passes by...

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A comet that's expected to be the brightest of 2023 could be within our sights soon, but it has to pass a critical point Thursday. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was first discovered in March by the Zwicky Transient Facility, aka ZTF, in Southern California, and it's been speeding in the direction of the sun ever since.…
iPhone 14 Will Be the Only Bright Spot in a Bummer Holiday-Shopping Season     – CNET

iPhone 14 Will Be the Only Bright Spot in a Bummer...

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This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Apple's most popular product. This holiday season, Santa Claus is making a list and checking it twice. But will he include Apple's iPhone 14 in this economy? Apple's iPhone 14 launch event this week will serve as the unofficial…
A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165 tons of TNT

A bright fireball over Tokyo explodes with the force of 165...

The skies over Tokyo were lit up by an explosive extraterrestrial object early Thursday morning that also came with a sonic boom, according to some reports.  Videos of the event show a spectacular light with green and purplish hues flying across the sky for just a few seconds at around 2:30 a.m. local time, before…
Upcoming big, bright ‘pink moon’ is the biggest supermoon of 2020

Upcoming big, bright ‘pink moon’ is the biggest supermoon of 2020

The spring moon rising over Utah's Wasatch Mountains. NASA/Bill Dunford The evening of April 7 and early morning hours of April 8 will be dominated by what should be the biggest and brightest supermoon of the year. And because it's the first full moon of the northern spring, it's also traditionally known as the "pink…
A Bright Comet With A Tail Could Adorn Twilight Just As The Coronavirus Epidemic Peaks

A Bright Comet With A Tail Could Adorn Twilight Just As...

An illustration of a bright comet close to a sunset. Getty “Comet Atlas” is getting a tail. Could it be that we’re about to get a bright comet, visible to the naked eye to everyone in the northern hemisphere, just as the coronavirus pandemic reaches its peak? Currently visible through binoculars and telescopes as it…
Bright star pulses reveal when Milky Way devoured another galaxy

Bright star pulses reveal when Milky Way devoured another galaxy

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This artist's concept illustrates a view of the Milky Way using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech The Milky Way, our stunning home galaxy, is like a cosmic Hannibal Lecter, having gobbled up smaller galaxies as it evolved. In July last year, scientists dated one such period of galactic cannibalism as having occurred…
Why Is Jupiter So Bright? At Its Fantastic Best Today, The Icy Asteroid That Ended Up Being A Gas Giant

Why Is Jupiter So Bright? At Its Fantastic Best Today, The...

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An image by citizen scientist Kevin Gill and JunoCam of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill © CC BY Jupiter is a giant. It’s the giant. Hence its name. Jupiter, also called Jove, was the god of the sky and thunder, the king of the gods in Roman mythology. ADVERTISEMENT The giant planet (it’s 11 times the…
How to see the Lyrid meteor shower, understood for its brilliant fireballs

How to see the Lyrid meteor shower, understood for its brilliant...

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The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower as captured by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station.  NASA The first big meteor shower in more than three months peaks Sunday and Monday night when the Lyrids may light up spring skies over the northern hemisphere. Shooting star spotters will be at a bit of a disadvantage…

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