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 ...

Hyakutake obituary--The obituary of amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake in the California section on April 14 incorrectly stated the name of the comet that inspired him to begin star-gazing.

Hyakutake was the most intensively studied comet since Halley, and astronomical observatories all over the world focused their sights on this now famous celestial visitor. The result was a bonanza ...

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 … ...

However, Hyakutake burned a hundred times brighter in the X-ray spectrum than even the highest theoretical predictions of scientists who thought comets might give off such rays. Scientists also found ...

Other notable flybys included Neowise in 2020, and Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the mid to late 1990s. Where did comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas come from? The comet, also designated C/2023 A3, ...

Yuji Hyakutake, an amateur astronomer who became an international celebrity for discovering a comet with a pair of powerful binoculars in 1996, has died of a ruptured heart aneurysm, his son said ...