http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/mark-your-calendar-now-for-dec.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/mark-your-calendar-now-for-dec.html#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:03:55 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=185587 you might have the opportunity to view a particularly impressive comet around Christmastime in 2013. The poetically named C/2012 S1 (ISON) will pass at a-safe-yet-great-for-viewing distance from Earth, after first passing close to the Sun — a combination that promises to produce a beautiful tail and fabulous comet-spotting opportunities, especially in the Northern Hemisphere. ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/05/mark-your-calendar-now-for-dec.html/feed 4