comet

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In a remarkable stroke of luck, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed a comet in the middle of breaking apart.

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This discovery was once seen as evidence that Earth may have been struck by a rare meteorite or comet.

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New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.

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The telescope will search for difficult to detect near-Earth objects, including dark asteroids and comets that reflect very little visible light.

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They were horrendous —a thick mass of them on her head, a swarm trailing back like a comet’s tail as she flew through the air.

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