In early March, Comet Pan-STARRS might be visible to the...
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Space
In early March, Comet Pan-STARRS might be visible to the naked eye, on its first ever trip to the sun. But because this is the first time it will be tested by the sun’s heat and gravity, nobody really knows what will happen.
“Almost anything could happen,” says Battams. On one hand, the comet could fall apart–a fizzling disappointment. On the other hand, fresh veins of frozen material could open up to spew garish jets of gas and dust into the night sky.