EditorialLucas Steele, left, and Denée Benton in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” at the Imperial Theater in New York, April 3, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLucas Steele, left, and Denée Benton in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” at the Imperial Theater in New York, April 3, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLucas Steele, left, and Denée Benton in “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” at the Imperial Theater in New York, April 3, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialJosh Groban, center, in the musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" at the Imperial Theater in New York, Nov. 4, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialImages of the Comet C/2014 UN271, now confirmed as the the largest comet ever discovered, with a core more than 80 miles across. (NASA, ESA, STScI via The New York Times)
EditorialDave Malloy, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet,” in a pre-Broadway run of the show in New York, May 4, 2013. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialImages of the Comet C/2014 UN271, now confirmed as the the largest comet ever discovered, with a core more than 80 miles across. (NASA, ESA, STScI via The New York Times)
EditorialDivers by a sunken boat called the Silver Comet at Dutch Springs, a 50-acre water park and scuba diving site since 1980 that features a 100-foot-deep water filled quarry, north of Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 23, 2021. (Michael Turek/The New York Times)
EditorialDivers by a sunken boat called the Silver Comet at Dutch Springs, a 50-acre water park and scuba diving site since 1980 that features a 100-foot-deep water filled quarry, north of Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 23, 2021. (Michael Turek/The New York Times)
EditorialComet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was discovered by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and and their associate David Levy in 1993. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialIn an image provided by NASA, an orbital diagram shows a projection of the path of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein through the solar system. Scientists say it is the largest comet they’ve ever observed. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialDenee Benton as Natasha in the musical "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" at the Imperial Theater in New York, Nov. 4, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialA Photo provided by NASA shows Halley’s Comet over Easter Island in 1986. The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is the result of debris from Halley’s tail. (W. Liller/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialComet Ping Pong, a pizza place that was shot up by a man who had come to take down a child trafficking ring he believed was housed inside, in Washington, June 24, 2020. (Justin T. Gellerson/The New York Times)
EditorialThe comet NEOWISE pass throughout the North West skies seen over the famous Cabazon Dinosaurs CA.USA. Wednesday y July 22,2020. The NEOWISE will be closest to Earth, passing at some 64 million miles going 17,500 mph from our planet July 22-23. (Photo by Gene Blevins/ZUMAPRESS)