A comet so bright that it has been seen for days from back yards and parking lots across the area was nowhere to be seen Saturday and Sunday nights. A haze of clouds blocked the night sky, dashing the ...

Comet Hyakutake was a naked-eye comet that made its closest approach to Earth in March 1996 after being discovered just two months earlier. First spotted through binoculars, the comet remained visible ...

The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. It was first spotted in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who observed it ...

Amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake made a pilgrimage to the University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis., Sunday night for the closest glimpse of his comet that he’ll probably ever ...

It had not been seen in 10,000 years and isn’t expected again for 14,000 more. But Jan. 30, 1996, the ball of ice and dirt the size of Chicago revealed itself to an amateur astronomer named Yuji ...

And the clouds parted, and Comet Hyakutake was revealed. “That’s . . . truly . . . amazing,” whispered Kristine Larson, associate professor of physics at Central Connecticut State University, as she ...

CNN-- Comet Hyakutake, which swept closest to Earth last week, emitted strong X-rays as it passed, according to U.S. and German scientists.Any level of X-rays would have grabbed the interest of ...

The article details the characteristics and visibility of several "great" comets, defined as those readily visible to the naked eye, throughout recent astronomical history. Several comets, including ...

Yuji Hyakutake, an amateur Japanese astronomer known for his discovery of a comet in 1996 that was later dubbed Comet Hyakutake, died Wednesday evening, his family said Thursday. He was 51. According ...

Comet Hyakutake’s early reviews are in, and it looks like a star has been born. A third of the way through a monthlong Northern Hemisphere engagement, the recently discovered “dirty snowball” has ...