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The Bart Simpson Comet was a comet from space that was heading towards Springfield.

After sabotaging Principal Skinner's weather balloon, Bart was sentenced to help Principal Skinner with his astronomy readings. While Skinner went to chase down the weather balloon as it came close to the ground, Bart messed around with Skinner's telescope, spinning it around before looking through it. As he did, he noticed a comet in the night sky. Bart phoned the Springfield Observatory, which credited Bart with discovering a comet and named it the Bart Simpson Comet. When Skinner returned to Bart with the weather balloon, he was horrified that Bart had discovered the comet instead of him.

Bart's discovery of the Bart Simpson Comet made front-page news for The Springfield Shopper and led The Superfriends at Springfield Elementary School to invite Bart to join their ranks. When Database asked Bart if he could show them the comet one night, Bart told them that they could just look out the window to see it. They were shocked at how close the comet was, as it was directly in the path of Springfield. The Superfriends and Bart rushed off to the Springfield Observatory to report the comet, which led to the emergency siren being used...