CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.
Called Pan-STARRS, the comet passed within 100 million miles of Earth on Tuesday, its closest approach in its first-ever cruise through the inner solar system. The ice ball will get even nearer the sun this weekend -- just 28 million miles from the sun and within the orbit of Mercury.
The comet has been visible for weeks from the Southern
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