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A comet that has delighted backyard astronomers in recent weeks after an unexpected eruption has now grown larger than the sun.
Comet Holmes has released so much gas and dust that its extended atmosphere, or coma, is larger than the diameter of the sun.
steve468
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at 12:25 on November 15th, 2007
Wow, that is just incredible! Thanks for the interesting article and links, very cool stuff.
at 18:05 on November 15th, 2007
steve468, thats friggin awesome, thanks for the story