Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comet Lemmon, photographed by Alton Spencer on Oct. 16 at 4:55 a.m. in Bridgewater, CT, using his iPhone 12. (Courtesy of Alton ...
NASA's Hubble Telescope captured the rare phenomenon of a comet breaking apart, catching scientists off guard until they saw the jaw-dropping proof for themselves.
The comet originated in the outer solar system and visits the inner solar system every 5.4 years.