Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday

https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/halleys-comet-begins-its-return-journey-to-earth-saturday

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Albbi@lemmy.ca · 43 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Halley's Comet Comic

essteeyou@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Oh damn, this basically embodies my comment in another thread. I hope to live to see it return.

Albbi@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I thought it was a far side comic I saw as a kid, but after googling it I couldn't find the original source.

Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

I searched using Google lens and not a single result credited the artist

essteeyou@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I was obsessed with space for a while when I was pretty young. I remember finding out that I saw Halley's comet when I was a baby, and became convinced that I'd live long enough to see it come back again, or even die once it returned. I guess I was a little bit morbid or looking for some sort of meaning to life.

So anyway, this is the beginning of my mid-life crisis.

rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Author Mark Twain was born during the comet and stated he would go out with it, and did!

JJROKCZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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indigomirage@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 2y
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Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y (4 replies)
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LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Depends on next year’s elections results

Tugboater203@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y

The comet doesn't care.

EatYouWell@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yeah, humans are kinda like the HIV of species, so we'll be around.

hperrin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Depending on your definition of species, HIV is the HIV of species.

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Aphelion Day!

kat_angstrom@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Oh weird. I heard the same thing about 6 weeks ago, either there's some imprecision in the measurement or poor reporting