CLOUDCROFT, NEW MEXICO. July 23, 2005 marks the ten-year anniversary of the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp, and co-discoverer Dr. Alan Hale is announcing plans for an event to celebrate the occasion.

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Comet Hale-Bopp was a sensation in the mid-1990s. It was visible to the naked eye for 18 months, shattering a nine-month record previously set in 1811. It inspired a doomsday cult, wild late-night ...

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Twenty years ago, on July 23, 1995, astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp independently discovered the comet that would end up bearing their names. Hale-Bopp, officially C/1995 O1, was cruising by ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a joint mission to find out how Hale-Bopp, the comet that inspired news all over the world back in 1996/97, when it was at its closest to Earth, has been doing since it headed away ...

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American astronomer Alan Hale, best known as co-discoverer of the iconic Hale–Bopp comet, has died at the age of 68, prompting tributes from across the global scientific community. Hale's work helped ...

Comet Hale-Bopp has become more convenient for would-be comet watchers. Hale-Bopp can now be seen low in the northwestern sky for an hour or more after sunset. For most of this winter, the comet was ...