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Official · science · Jun 11, 2026

Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68

Alan Hale, Sky Watcher Who Created a Comet Sensation, Dies at 68

In 1995, he and Thomas Bopp spotted, from different states, the same mysterious object in the sky. What turned out to be a comet was named after them: Hale-Bopp.

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