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Comet Viewing Guide: Rare Naked-Eye Celestial Event To Hit Peak Brightness Comet Viewing Guide: Rare Naked-Eye Celestial Event To Hit Peak Brightness
Comet Viewing Guide: Rare Naked-Eye Celestial Event To Hit Peak Brightness A rare celestial event is set to dazzle skywatchers this month as a once-in-170,000-years comet nears peak visibility. Comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS) is currently passing through the inner solar system, with its closest approach to the sun occurring on Sunday, April 19, and Monday, April 20. Its closest pass to Earth will follow on Sunday, April 26, and Monday, April 27, according to NASA and Space.com. Earlier report - 170,000-Year Spectacle: When To Get Best View Of Approaching Naked-Eye Comet Discovered in 2025 by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii, this comet is expected to be visible …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Barking Dog Leads Cops To 4-Year-Old Lost In Virginia Woods Barking Dog Leads Cops To 4-Year-Old Lost In Virginia Woods
Barking Dog Leads Cops To 4-Year-Old Lost In Virginia Woods A Virginia man and his dog are being hailed as heroes after helping deputies find a missing 4-year-old boy who wandered deep into the woods while his father was loading the car, officials announced. The tense situation unfolded on Thursday, May 16, in a rural part of Fauquier County, when a panicked father called 911 to report that his young son had disappeared into the trees. Deputies rushed to the area and immediately set up a perimeter, called in K9s, and requested helicopter support as they began the desperate search. But help came from an unexpected place. Local resident Steve Elmore…

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by Zak Failla
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Storm Watch: System With Damaging Winds Could Include Hail, Isolated Tornadoes Storm Watch: System With Damaging Winds Could Include Hail, Isolated Tornadoes
Storm Watch: System With Damaging Winds Could Include Hail, Isolated Tornadoes The month of April will get off to a stormy start with steady rainfall at times followed by severe thunderstorms with damaging winds that could cause power outages. The system arrived in the pre-dawn hours on Saturday, April 1 with rain and showers. Storm activity is expected to pick up in the afternoon through the evening. For a look at the wide area where severe storms are possible, see the first image above from AccuWeather.com. "The primary threat is from damaging wind gusts, but hail and an isolated, brief tornado are also possible," the National Weather Service said in…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Midweek Warmup Will Be Followed By Showery, Stormy Stretch: Here's What Coming Midweek Warmup Will Be Followed By Showery, Stormy Stretch: Here's What Coming
Midweek Warmup Will Be Followed By Showery, Stormy Stretch: Here's What Coming Things will heat up temperature-wise in the middle of the week before a dreary, showery, and stormy stretch of days. After a cloudy start on Tuesday, April 27, skies will become partly cloudy. The high temperature will be in the mid 60s. The warmup arrives on Wednesday, April 28 as the high temperature will hit 80 degrees in most of the region under partly sunny skies with calm winds. Clouds will thicken Wednesday night and there will be isolated showers overnight. Thursday, April 29 will be cloudy and breezy with showers at times during the day and a chance of thunderstorms in the mid to…

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by Joe Lombardi