Exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail

ScienceDaily
Dec 3, 2019, 4:43 pm66 pts
Astronomers have captured a clear start-to-finish image sequence of an explosive emission of dust, ice and gases during the close approach of comet 46P/Wirtanen in late 2018.

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