A composite image showing Comet 12P/Pons-Brook (left) and a model of the Millennium Falcon spaceship from "Star Wars" (right).Comet Chasers/Faulkes Telescope Project/Las Cumbres Observatory/Reuters/Insider Astronomers have spotted a "once-in-a-lifetime" comet shaped like the Millennium Falcon. The comet will make its closest approach to the sun next year, just weeks after a solar eclipse. That means sky gazers could be in with a chance of seeing both events at the same time. Astronomers have spotted a "once-in-a-lifetime" comet shaped like the Millennium Falcon — and sky gazers may soon be able to see it for themselves without a telescope.The comet, known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, abruptly brightened 100-fold on July 20 as plumes of debris and ice were blasted off it into space.This gave it a horseshoe shape, which scientists likened to the Millennium Falcon spaceship from "Star Wars."The comet will make its closest approach to the sun next year, passing about 144 million miles from our planet on June 2, 2024.What makes the event even more exciting is that its approach will come just weeks after North America's total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.