It might be streaming by on April Fools' Day, but this comet is no holiday prank. On Saturday, the inelegantly named comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák will make its closest flyby of Earth since its ...
A brightening comet on a once-in-170,000 years visit to the inner solar system is becoming easier to find before sunrise — and Thursday, April 16, is an ideal time to see it before it gets too close ...