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This outburst by Comet Holmes is extreme! This is a terrific outburst. And since it doesn’t have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We’ve had at least two reports of a new star.

— Brian G. Marsden

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Sometimes statistics will conspire to draw attention to a problem. Maybe they are trying to tell us something.

When the Deep Impact probe hit Comet 9P/Tempel, there was almost no change in brightness. … This outburst by Comet Holmes is extreme!

What we really need is a good scare.

This is a terrific outburst. And since it doesn’t have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We’ve had at least two reports of a new star.

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