If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Our solar system is full of objects much smaller than planets and moons, and sometimes ...

The image of Comet Hale-Bopp blazing across the night sky of 1997 has delighted casual stargazers and astronomers alike. It was first spotted in July 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, who ...