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Daily News: Reuters Science News Headlines - Approaching comet may outshine the moon

Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:29 PM PST
Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Approaching comet may outshine the moon 
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 02:29 PM PST
(Reuters) - A comet blazing toward Earth could outshine the full moon when it passes by at the end of next year - if it survives its close encounter with the sun. The recently discovered object, known as comet ISON, is due to fly within 1.2 million miles (1.9 million km) from the center of the sun on November 28, 2013 said astronomer Donald Yeomans, head of NASA's Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. ...
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