LOS ANGELES - Stargazers, grab your binoculars: A recently discovered comet is on its way to the inner solar system and is expected to light up the night sky this weekend.
Astronomer Greg Leonard first discovered Comet Leonard earlier this year, in January, and according to astronomers, this comet is our best and brightest comet to see in 2021.
Comet Hale-Bopp, discovered in 1995 by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Leonard is an ultrafast comet, traveling at 158,084 miles per hour relative to Earth, but despite its incredible speed, it will still appear to move slowly due to the large distances involved.According to EarthSky, orbital calculations revealed that the object has spent the last.