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...comet discovery; the first came just a month earlier) there was no reason to think it would be especially bright. But when professionals calculated the orbit, they realized that Hyakutake would be approaching to within a mere 9.3 million miles of Earth, only 40 times as distant as the moon...
Nonscientists will be thrilled as well--as long as they have realistic expectations. Hyakutake is as bright as a bright star overall, but its light is diluted over an area twice the size of the full moon; it's a glowing blob rather than a fiery point. There won't be much of a tail at first, but one will grow over the next few weeks, making the comet even more prominent through April. And after it fades from view later in the spring, comet lovers have a treat to look forward to next year: a second new comet, called...
...should feel a little ashamed, perhaps, that the entity we've feared for so long is just like us. That rock you skipped across the river last week might have been from Mars or the moon. The stranger you spoke to just yesterday might be a legal immigrant from last year or two centuries...
Written by John Patrick Shanley, whose other credits include "Moon-struck" and "Joe vs. the Volcano", "Four Dogs" opened to rave reviews in both New York and Los Angeles. And deservedly so, since it takes the worst stereotypes plaguing the film industry and weaves them into a complex web of machinations, as each character tries to manipulate the others into fulfilling his, or her, own desires. No one is above seduction, threats overt and covert, back-stabbing, or just plain simple bitchiness...
...Yeah," replied the incredulous first-grader. "And my grandmother flew to the moon...