The "dirty snowballs" of the sky have dazzled humans with their tails for centuries, and some of them have traveled quite a distance to put on the show. Comets <a href='https://theplanets.org/comets/'>The Planets — Comet Facts</a> <a href='https://www.space.com/19878-halleys-comet.html'>Space.com — Halley’s Comet: Facts About the Most Famous Comet</a> <a href='https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74385-longest-measured-comet-tail'>Guiness World Records — Longest measured comet tail</a>   Oort Cloud <a href='https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/in-depth/'>NASA — Oort Cloud</a> <a href='https://phys.org/news/2015-08-oort-cloud.html'>Phys.org — What is the Oort Cloud?</a>

The "dirty snowballs" of the sky have dazzled humans with their tails for centuries, and some of them have traveled quite a distance to put on the show. Comets The Planets — Comet Facts Space.com — Halley’s Comet: Facts About the Most Famous Comet Guiness World Records — Longest measured comet tail Oort Cloud NASA — Oort Cloud Phys.org — What is the Oort Cloud?

The "dirty snowballs" of the sky have dazzled humans with their tails for centuries, and some of them have traveled quite a distance to put on the show. Comets <a href="https://theplanets.org/comets/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Planets — Comet Facts</a> <a href="https://www.space.com/19878-halleys-comet.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Space.com — Halley’s Comet: Facts About the Most Famous Comet</a> <a href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74385-longest-measured-comet-tail" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guiness World Records — Longest measured comet tail</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;Oort Cloud <a href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/in-depth/" rel="noopener noreferrer">NASA — Oort Cloud</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2015-08-oort-cloud.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Phys.org — What is the Oort Cloud?</a>&nbsp;

Comets & The Oort Cloud

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