Comets

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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For thousands of years, people have looked into the night sky and seen something unusual. It was fuzzy, sometimes bright, and it wasn’t there before. It appeared out of nowhere and, after a few days or weeks, disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared. When these events occurred, they were often interpreted as omens. Good or bad depending on who was doing the interpretation. Today, we have a much better understanding of what they are and how they work. Learn more about comets, how they have been observed through history, and what they are on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Stitch Fix Go to stitchfix.com/everywhere to have a stylist help you look your best Tourist Office of Spain Plan your next adventure at Spain.info Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For thousands of years, people have looked into the night sky and occasionally seen something unusual.
0:06.1	It was something fuzzy, sometimes bright, it had a tail, and it wasn't there before.
0:11.9	It appeared out of nowhere, and after a few weeks or months, disappeared as mysteriously as it had appeared.
0:18.2	When these events occurred, they were often interpreted as omens, good or bad, depending on who
0:23.3	was doing the interpretation.
0:25.1	But today, we have a much better understanding of what they are and how they work.
0:30.2	Learn more about comets, how they've been observed throughout history, and what they are,
0:34.6	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:50.0	Music and what they are on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by Planet Money.
0:53.1	Tariffs, meme coins, girls' scout cookies, what are they all have in common?
0:57.4	Money.
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