Home » Topics » spectacular naked-eye
Close comet flyby will allow for spectacular naked-eye viewing in northern hemisphere
A rare bright comet shows up in the northern hemisphere this week, cruising past Earth with promise of spectacular naked-eye viewings of the giant ball of ice and dust streaking the twilight sky with a blazing tail. Dubbed Pan-STARRS after the Hawaii-based telescope that first spotted it nearing our corner…
Brand new on Raw Story
- 5 die in 33-foot sinkhole that opened up in China
- Foreign investors snap up cheap homes in deserted Sicily villages
- Malaysian NGOs denounce hydroelectric push over environmental destruction
- South African sprinter’s brother acquitted of homicide charges in reckless driving incident
- Hong Kong joyfully welcomes giant inflatable rubber duck after maintenance
- Watch live: Obama addresses tornado disaster in Oklahoma
- Navy dolphins discover 130-year-old torpedo off San Diego coast
- South Carolina woman kills boyfriend with shotgun while ‘playing around’
- Watch live: Senate committee grills Apple CEO about hiding money in offshore accounts
- Oklahoma Sen. Coburn: Tornado relief funds must be offset with spending cuts
Commentary
An open letter to the Center for Inquiry
By Amanda Marcotte
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
