Where do comets come from? Other than the sins of human beings rising every hour until the stench and horror turns into a comet (a reference to Andreas Celichius, The Theological Reminder of the New Comet, 1578).
So, Oort Cloud? Human sin? It could go either way.
Clips taken from:
Event Horizon, 1997, Paramount Pictures
Stargate SG-1, S2 E16, 1998, MGM Television
Star Trek, 2009, Spyglass Entertainment & Bad Robot Productions
On Monday (ok, let’s be honest, it was really Tuesday) there was a full lunar eclipse. I was at the observatory with hundreds of people (in a town so small you can drive from one end to the other in 10 minutes) for about 6 hours. It was brutal. Not because of the work, not because of the lateness, but because of the throngs of people. And it was for a partial lunar eclipse (or what some people want to call a ‘blood moon’ and that shouldn’t irritate me but it kind of does…)
This one was really hyped up on social media which is why it was so well attended. But the thing about lunar eclipses (especially partial) is they occur with great frequency, at least twice a year and they are so, so, so not a once in a lifetime event.
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