Comets are the leftovers of planet formation ... diameter and which partially vaporize as they near their respective stars. And despite the difficulties astronomers face in detecting exocomets ...

But the darkness does give you a chance to see some planets, stars and even possibly a comet that passes by every 71 years. As we approach 100% totality, the first planet visible could be Venus.

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4 and 5. Wolff's comet, which is now faintly visible in the constellation Aries, will pass over or occult some of the smaller stars of the Pleiades. At its nearest the comet will only be a few ...

The Leonid meteor shower peaks in North America overnight from Nov. 17 to 18, with "shooting stars" and fast-moving fireballs ...