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Hello and welcome to the skeptics guide to the universe.

Today is Thursday, October 16th, 2025, and this is your host, Stephen Novella.

Joining me this week are Bob Novella.

Hey, everybody.

Kara Santa Maria. Howdy? Jay Novella. Hey, guys week are Bob Novella. Hey, everybody. Kara Santa Maria.

Howdy?

Jay Novella. Hey, guys. And Evan Bernstein. Hi, everyone. How's everyone doing? Nice. Not bad. Nice. You guys, do you guys chase comets? Like, do you pay attention to any comments or in the sky? Sure. Yes. Of course. Does it everybody? I hit my news feed.

Yeah.

I take a lot.

We've got a couple in October, but they're, you know, they're going to be barely visible. Yeah, not exactly Hale Bop or Haley's. A Haley's comment. Although, don't get me started with Haley's Comet. Don't even start. Change the subject right now. Haley's Comet's a controversial thing. We had the worst viewing in 2,000 years in the lifetime. That's all.

But that's okay.

That's all. But that's okay. You just need to be alive 79 years ago. Steve and I are still distraught over that in the mid-80s. Oh my gosh. I didn't realize it was a trigger moment. I'm so sorry. I apologize. Think about it. Think about it. How iconic, the most iconic comet ever,

Haley's comet. It's coming. We're like ready for it. And it's like, oh, yeah. Not only is it

ridiculously far away this time, it's also the weather sucks. So it's like double slap,

cosmic slap to the face. No comment for you. But we're not going to talk about it,

Levin. But Comet Lemon going to talk about it, Levin.

But Comet Lemon, which is... Comet Lemon.

It made that up.

It had its southern hemisphere viewing, and now it's transitioning to the northern hemisphere.

It will climb higher and higher above the horizon, and the end of October will be good viewing.

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