City-size, cold-volcano comet transforms into a glowing 'snail shell' after major explosive outburst

Following a massive cryovolcanic eruption, the mysterious Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has been morphed into a giant spiral ...

Newly visible, city-size 'green comet' will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS

Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But ...
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A city-sized green comet is nearing Earth this week. Astronomers say it's just like 3I/ATLAS

On February 17, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth from 94 million miles, roughly as far as the Sun.
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City-size cold-volcano comet erupts into a glowing cosmic 'snail shell'

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, a city-sized icy body that orbits the Sun at roughly 6 astronomical units, is known for sudden outbursts that can produce a glowing coma with a spiral, ...

This Tiny Comet Pulled Off a First-of-Its-Kind Spin Flip

A fresh analysis of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák observations suggests it abruptly reversed its spin after its last ...
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New comet C/2024 E1 detected by ground-based telescopes on Earth approach

This discovery has drawn interest from both professional researchers and skywatchers because comets are ancient remnants from the early formation of ...

What is the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors

Space around the Sun contains far more than planets. Scattered through it are smaller bodies made of rock, metal, ice and ...

Jupiter-family comet 41P/TGK slows down and reverses spin after perihelion

New analysis on 2017 Hubble images of the Jupiter-family comet, 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak (41P/TGK), indicates that the ...