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Comets are icy leftovers from the formation of the solar system. Explore these dirty snowballs in more detail with our ultimate comet guide.

"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old." -Mark Twain

"The image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy." -Ezra Pound It's time for another Messier Monday, where we profile one of the 110 deep-sky objects that make up the Messier catalogue! This was the first large, accurate catalogue of fixed, non-transient objects to be assembled, and it makes for a delightful collection of targets for skywatchers all across the globe.