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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 and is now shining 100 times brighter than normal.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we intercept it before it leaves us forever?
We've watched it speed through the solar system using the most powerful telescopes in human history. We've studied its light with probes whipping around the sun and robots marooned on Mars. Countless ...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS exits fast, but its delayed eruptions change the science
Comet 3I/ATLAS was bursting to fly into space in December 2025, upon hitting its close flyby, of the sun, leading to it becoming very bright. Even the water ice was swiftly changing into gas in the ...
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