The willful, promiscuous Rachel (Andrea Mustain) loves to party, but she also juggles waitressing and volunteering at a hospital taking photos of disturbed children. When she meets an architect who’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Hale, second right, with fellow comet-hunters, l-r, David Levy, Dr Don Yeomans and Thomas Bopp - MIKE NELSON/AFP via Getty ...

This series of three photos of the unusual Comet Hale-Bopp demonstrates that the comet is much larger than thought so far. In fact, its nucleus is surrounded by a dust cloud that measures more than ...

Comet Hale-Bopp is known to possess a bright coma, despite its large distance from the Sun, almost 1,000 million km. Observations have shown that this coma consists of dust particles of different ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK CITY, New York — Astronomer Alan Hale, whose name became known around the world after the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp, ...

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In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after them: Hale-Bopp. By Trip Gabriel Alan Hale, who wheeled ...

Alan Hale, the New Mexico astronomer who helped introduce the world to comet Hale-Bopp, died June 6 at his home in Cloudcroft, a mountain village renowned for its stargazing opportunities. He was 68.

NEW YORK CITY, New York — Astronomer Alan Hale, whose name became known around the world after the discovery of Comet Hale-Bopp, died Saturday. He was 68. Hale was best known as the co-discoverer of ...