Stargazers with their heads turned to watch April's solar eclipse could be treated to a rare celestial sighting: Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which hasn't been seen from Earth in over 70 years.
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 While the comet will move into daylight hours on Tuesday, April 2, those in the Northern Hemisphere using a telescope or pair of binoculars could catch sight of the &quot;devil comet&quot
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