The main tail of the comet can be seen extending for upwards of 10° away from the nucleus, wide, diffuse, and curving. But alongside it, narrow, straight, and faint, a second, ...

The unusually green-hued comet ZTF, also known as ZTF (C/2022 E3), developed a strange and rare tail yesterday, pointing toward our sun rather than trailing out behind it.. This is known as an ...

The “comet of the century” that was likely last seen by the Neanderthals seemed to develop a physics-defying second tail as it reached its closest point to Earth in over 80,000 years ...

Comet Olbers' plasma tail takes a different form every night, says astrophotographer Dan Bartlett, who captured this image on July 4, 2024. Credit: Dan Bartlett.

C/2022 E3 (ZTF), a comet that has recently made headlines as it flies closer to Earth, briefly developed an ethereal third tail thanks to a weird optical illusion.

C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS will safely pass by Earth this spring, and researchers are asking for help photographing the comet's journey to see if its tail has been detached by strong solar winds.

Comet Nishimura was discovered by amateur Japanese astronomer Hideo Nishimura on Aug. 11 and named after him. ... leaving behind the tail of the comet — which is what we see from Earth.

Two more CMEs are now heading toward the comet, although it’s not yet clear whether they’ll intersect with the dirty snowball and further disrupt its tail. Comet Nishimura is a lucky sight ...

Curved and shimmery, comet tails sometimes seem to follow a slightly different trajectory than the comet's nucleus. Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain explains why.

A satellite's chance encounter with a comet has netted some surprising results. In 2004, the NASA and European Space Agency spacecraft Ulysses unexpectedly flew through the tail of Comet McNaught ...

Astronomers call the moment a comet tail is broken off a "disconnection event." Pons–Brooks was about 75 million miles away from the Sun when the plasma ejection took place.

How the Comet Lost Its Tail. An entrancing lesson in the power of the coronal mass ejection. By Alexis C. Madrigal. November 27, 2013. Share. Save.