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A Star Passed So Close To The Sun 2.5 Million Years Ago That It May Have Set Off A Comet Shower – And It's Still Messing With Themthe comet has a fuzzy rugby ball appearance stretching more on one side where its tail extends, and a blue straight tail coming off it.

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A Star Passed So Close To The Sun 2.5 Million Years Ago That It May Have Set Off A Comet Shower – And It's Still Messing With Themthe comet has a fuzzy rugby ball appearance stretching more on one side where its tail extends, and a blue straight tail coming off it.
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A Star Passed So Close To The Sun 2.5 Million Years Ago That It May Have Set Off A Comet Shower – And It's Still Messing With Them

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A One-In-170,000-Year Shot: Blazing Fireball "Photobombs" Beautiful Image Of Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)Comet C/2025 R3 streaks above Kunetice Castle as a fireball blazes through the same frame.

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A One-In-170,000-Year Shot: Blazing Fireball "Photobombs" Beautiful Image Of Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)Comet C/2025 R3 streaks above Kunetice Castle as a fireball blazes through the same frame.
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A One-In-170,000-Year Shot: Blazing Fireball "Photobombs" Beautiful Image Of Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)

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