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By Charlie Jones A huge comet with an eerie name is zooming past Earth for the first time in 71 years and it could be seen when the sun goes dark during the totalsolar eclipse on April 8, NASA says. Thecomet is called 12P/Pons-Brooks, but people call it the “devil comet” because it has two icy and gassy “horns” and sometimes it pops like a volcano. Comets are big balls of dust, ice, gas, and rocks that stuck together after our solar system was made, according to NASA. The “devil comet” is heading closer to the sun and will look its brightest on April 21, NASA tells us. This is happening just a…

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