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  • Comet Pons-Brooks poses no immediate threat

    From Quadibloc@jsavard@ecn.ab.ca to sci.astro.amateur on Sat Dec 30 13:47:32 2023
    From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur

    Which will be noted at the very end of this article

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/devil-comet-bigger-than-mount-everest-racing-towards-earth-and-is-set-to-explode-soon/articleshow/106406508.cms?from=mdr

    headlined "'Devil Comet' bigger than Mount Everest racing towards Earth, set to explode soon"

    John Savard
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  • From Chris L Peterson@clp@alumni.caltech.edu to sci.astro.amateur on Sat Dec 30 21:52:21 2023
    From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur

    On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:47:32 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
    <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

    Which will be noted at the very end of this article

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/devil-comet-bigger-than-mount-everest-racing-towards-earth-and-is-set-to-explode-soon/articleshow/106406508.cms?from=mdr

    headlined "'Devil Comet' bigger than Mount Everest racing towards Earth, set to explode soon"

    John Savard

    Well, it looks like it "explodes" every 15 days, as a particularly
    volatile region rotates back into sunlight. Makes it an interesting
    object to image. And "devil"? Well, it does seem to grow "horns"
    during those eruptions!

    Pretty bad article. The comet is most certainly not "classified as a cryovolcano", nor is there any "ignition of gas".
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  • From StarDust@csoka01@gmail.com to sci.astro.amateur on Sun Dec 31 01:39:09 2023
    From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur

    On Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 1:47:34rC>PM UTC-8, Quadibloc wrote:
    Which will be noted at the very end of this article

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/devil-comet-bigger-than-mount-everest-racing-towards-earth-and-is-set-to-explode-soon/articleshow/106406508.cms?from=mdr

    headlined "'Devil Comet' bigger than Mount Everest racing towards Earth, set to explode soon"

    John Savard
    Satan is coming down to earth?
    EfnoEfy#Efyi
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  • From Rich@rander3128@gmail.com to sci.astro.amateur on Mon Jan 1 22:57:51 2024
    From Newsgroup: sci.astro.amateur

    On Saturday 30 December 2023 at 16:47:34 UTC-5, Quadibloc wrote:
    Which will be noted at the very end of this article

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/devil-comet-bigger-than-mount-everest-racing-towards-earth-and-is-set-to-explode-soon/articleshow/106406508.cms?from=mdr

    headlined "'Devil Comet' bigger than Mount Everest racing towards Earth, set to explode soon"

    John Savard
    The desperation of the print media (paper and online) fighting for eyes against a billion other sources of information. Sensationalism and poor writing have become a staple. Standards in the toilet because of it. Even national and local newscasters use poor grammar and no one seems to notice it. All trying to make a "folksy" connection to an increasingly science-illiterate audience.
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