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Comet LINEAR Erupts

Posted by emmett on from the bewm dept.

CalamityJones writes: "This Reuters blurb briefly describes a comet erupting while researchers were tracking it with the Hubble Space Telescope. A slightly more complete article covering the event is on CNN.com. What are the chances of actually catching this event just at the moment you have the earth's most powerful telescope pointing right at the comet? Maybe these guys should be playing the lottery more often. :-)"

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  1. Re:Freaky chance stuff happens... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5

    > Another freaky thing, I saw my *actual* doctor...

    That's nothing. One time I clicked up a Slashdot story just after it was posted late at night, and there were more serious repliers than there were trolls.

    What are the odds of that happening?

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