Comet Hale-Bopp was a sensation in the mid-1990s. ... According to NASA, it was the farthest comet ever to be discovered by amateur astronomers—it was 7.15 Astronomical Units ...

On March 24, 1997, Hale-Bopp – described by one astronomer as looking like “a dirty snowball” – was visible in the night skies over Staten Island, even though the comet was about 122.2 ...

Since the early 1970s, a succession of so-called comets of the century have drawn jeers and yawns from non-astronomers, each one falling far short of its prearrival hype. The much-ballyhooed Kohout… ...

The Hale-Bopp comet was one of the “brightest comets to reach the inner solar system in history,” according to NASA. Its closest approach to Earth took place on March 22, 1997 — which was the same ...

It's actually the brightest comet in 23 years, since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997, according to NASA. Soon it will be seen in the northwestern sky after sunset, and it will appear to zoom just below ...

NASA says the comet will be visible through mid-August, and it's the brightest one since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997. For those hoping to catch a glimpse, ...

The night skies of May put us solidly under spring stars. Mighty Orion is mostly lost in the glare of sunlight, his shoulders setting shortly after the Sun. Regulus in Leo, Spica in Virgo, and Arct… ...

Infrared measurements of Comet Hale-Bopp by Cornell University and NASA investigators are yielding valuable clues about the makeup of the celestial visitor and,perhaps, the origins of the solar system ...

NEOWISE is the brightest comet seen from Earth since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997, according to NASA. You won't want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle as it shoots through the inner solar ...

NASA says the cloud remains a theory because the comets there have been too faint and distant to be directly observed. ... Hale-Bopp is no competition for Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein.

Had comet K2 PanSTARRS entered deep into the inner solar system like Hale-Bopp in the late 1990s, then we would be in for a truly spectacular show. Ironically, Hale-Bopp passed us about six months ...