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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captured this picture of comet Holmes in February 2008, four months after the comet suddenly erupted and brightened a millionfold overnight, (c) NASA, JPL-CaltechSpitzer gets sneak peak inside comet Holmes

— 14 Oct 2008 12:38 | Astronomy

When comet Holmes unexpectedly erupted in 2007, professional and amateur astronomers around the world turned their telescopes toward the spectacular event. Their quest was to find out... — full story

On 4 November, Comet 17P/Holmes was about 2nd magnitude and spanned approximately 20 arc-minutes on the sky, (c) M. Ashby, N. Caldwell (CfA)A last look at Comet Holmes

— 27 Nov 2007 01:34 | Astronomy

Comet 17P/Holmes, which dazzled sky watchers with a dramatic outburst that made it visible to the unaided eye, now is fading from sight. However, before it returns to the obscurity... — full story

The Hubble image, taken 4 Nov. with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, shows the heart of the comet, (c) NASA, ESA, and H. Weaver (The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)Hubble zooms in on heart of mystery comet

— 15 Nov 2007 14:00 | Astronomy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold in a 24-hour period... — full story

Comet 17P Holmes is in super-outburst! It brightened by a factor of one million in less than 24 hours, (c) Chris SchurMystery comet explodes into brightness

— 25 Oct 2007 21:51 | Astronomy

A once-faint comet has made a sudden leap from obscurity to centre stage. Comet 17P Holmes, now visible to northern hemisphere residents, increased its brightness by a factor of one... — full story

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