Fragmenting Comet Won't Hit Earth

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Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys took images of the disintegration of Comet 73PSchwassmann-Wachmann 3s fragment B. Credit: NASA ESA H. Weaver (APLJHU) M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys took images of the disintegration of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3's fragment B. Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Weaver (APL/JHU), M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)

There will be no tsunamis, firestorms or mass extinctions to spoil your Memorial Day weekend. Although the Internet is rife with speculation that a fragment of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 will strike the Earth on May 25, neither the main comet nor any of its more than 40 fragments pose a danger to Earth.


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