Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday

Halley's Comet is predicted to reach its farthest point from the sun on Dec. 9, beginning a 38-year journey toward Earth that culminates in 2061.

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- Oh damn, this basically embodies my comment in another thread. I hope to live to see it return.
  
  I thought it was a far side comic I saw as a kid, but after googling it I couldn't find the original source.
Voluntarily...?
I was obsessed with space for a while when I was pretty young. I remember finding out that I saw Halley's comet when I was a baby, and became convinced that I'd live long enough to see it come back again, or even die once it returned. I guess I was a little bit morbid or looking for some sort of meaning to life.

So anyway, this is the beginning of my mid-life crisis.
- Author Mark Twain was born during the comet and stated he would go out with it, and did!
I wonder if we’ll still be here.
- Depends on next year’s elections results
- The comet doesn't care.
  
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- Yeah, humans are kinda like the HIV of species, so we'll be around.
  
  Depending on your definition of species, HIV is the HIV of species.
Aphelion Day!
Oh weird. I heard the same thing about 6 weeks ago, either there's some imprecision in the measurement or poor reporting

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