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Experts watch their screens at the control center of the European Space Agency, ESA, in Darmstadt, Germany during a mission to land the first space probe on a comet. (AP Photo/dpa, Boris Roessler)

Hypervelocity comet passes within 87,000 miles of Mars

Telescopes and the Mars rovers are training their lenses in the near space around Mars, where comet Siding Spring will pass within 87,000 miles of the Red Planet — or less than a third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon — BBC is reporting.

October 19, 2014
This photo provided by NBC Universal shows Jan Hooks as Verna in season 4 of the television series, "30 Rock."  Hooks, the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member has died.  She was 57.  Hooks died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 according to her agent Lisa Lieberman. (AP Photo/NBCU Photo Bank, Ali Goldstein)

Longtime ‘SNL’ actress Jan Hooks dies at 57

Comedian Jan Hooks, one of the longest-running cast members on "Saturday Night Live" during the 1980s, has died at 57, TMZ reports. The actress died Thursday morning in New York City, reportedly after battling an illness.

October 9, 2014
Actor Richard Kiel portrayed the colossal Bond villain Jaws in two films. (Courtesy MGM Home Entertainment)

Actor Richard Kiel, who portrayed Bond villain ‘Jaws,’ dies at 74

Actor Richard Kiel, who menaced Roger Moore's James Bond as the villainous character Jaws in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker," has died at the age of 74, according to TMZ. When asked in "Moonraker" by Lois Chiles' Dr. Holly Goodhead if he "knows him," Bond famously quipped, "Not socially. His name's Jaws; he kills people."

September 10, 2014