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.

By December 2022, the comet had developed a long tail as it was warmed by the sun. C/2022 E3 ZTF will reach perihelion, or its closest distance to the sun, on Jan. 12.

This can be 1,000 times the size of the nucleus in real life! ... a dust tail and an ion tail. As the comet travels around the sun, ... Now, we will make our comet cold. Pour about five pounds ...

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as C/2023 A3, is approaching its closest pass to Earth after making its closest pass to the sun on Wednesday.On Saturday, at 11:39 a.m., the comet got as ...

Streaming Stars. New footage from NASA shows an eruption from our Sun breaking the tail off of a comet whizzing by, IFLScience reports, making for a dramatic display of the Sun's power. The agency's ...

PERHAPS the following observations I made of Halley's comet on the night of May 18, when it crossed the sun's disc, may be of interest as a record. Nature - The Tail of Halley's Comet on May 18–19.

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.

University of Utah astronomer Paul Ricketts said it looks like the comet is sporting about a 10-degree-long tail. The comet is at magnitude 2, which is bright enough to see not long after sunset ...

A hot Jupiter exoplanet's comet-like tail is far longer than previously thought, spanning at least 350,000 miles, scientists say.

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a “gargantuan” comet-like tail of debris. The Mercury-sized planet, dubbed ...

Astronomers have spotted a first-of-its-kind rapidly crumbling planet outside the Solar System that is leaving behind a “gargantuan” comet-like tail of debris.. The Mercury-sized planet ...