‘Devil Comet’ Set to Align With Total Solar Eclipse for Unique April Display
The “Devil Comet,” known formally as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, is set for a rare conjunction alongside the Great North American Total Solar Eclipse on April 8. For skywatchers, this raises the tantalizing prospect of capturing a highly unusual alignment, but it’s not yet certain if the comet will be visible to the unaided eye during the day, even at the height of the eclipse. See How X-Men '97 Faithful Riffs on the Classic X-Men Cartoon OpeningA dirty snowball, as the late Harvard astronomer Fred Whipple referred to comets,…