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‘Comet of the century’ seems to develop physics-defying second tail as it zooms past EarthA comet tail is formed by dust and ions blown off the speeding rock by solar wind. The dust trailing the rock reflects ...
Perhaps the most exciting feature of Hale-Bopp is its unique tail. Like most comets, it has two tails that can be seen by the naked eye under the right conditions: a bright dust tail, which is ...
Pushed back by the pressure of the sun's radiation, the dust streams out behind the comet in what appears as a fiery tail. Now the comet is among the fastest things in the solar system.
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Why Comets Are So Often Disappointing, But A Few Aren’tcarrying off more dust in the process, and all this extra material means it can produce a mighty tail without getting into such hard-to-see territory as sungrazers like Comet Lovejoy and C/2024 G3.
This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The dust speck had been plucked from the tail of a comet more than 200 million miles away. Now, under an electron ...
G3 (ATLAS), the 'Great Comet of 2025,' lit up the night sky in Chile, offering a rare and breathtaking sight for stargazers, ...
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