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After 8 years NASA's Deep Impact comet-hunting mission has been terminated. The mission to hunt comets was concluded when NASA determined that the probe had reached the end of its lifeline.

Remember comet Elenin, which some internet bloggers claimed was a sign of the coming apocalypse? Well, the tiny 1.2 mile rock has apparently disintegrated, and won't be seen again for a long, long time.

A little over a century ago, we were a mere 300 miles away from being completely annihilated by a pack of apocalypse-inducing comets.

Throughout the next week or so, you'll be able to catch a glimpse of the Orionid meteor shower, which is caused by leftover debris from Halley's Comet.

Pelted with snow, NASA's probe captured images of the very active comet Hartley 2 on its November 4 flyby.