Hubble snaps image of approaching comet

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet.

The Baltimore-based Space Telescope Science Institute says the Comet Ison is being called the “comet of the century” because it could be brighter than the full moon when it makes its closest pass by the sun in late November.

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