... Explanation: A comet-like tail of glowing gas, 200,000 light-years long, streams from galaxy C153 as it plunges through galaxy cluster Abell 2125 at nearly 8 million kilometers per hour. ...
... Comet Pojmanski , officially designated C/2006 A1 and discovered only in January, now sports a turquoise tail several times ... Comet Pojmanski 's ion tail is due to gas particles expelled by the comet being pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind ...
... At this time, the comet's dust and ion tail will be at their greatest physical length. ... much of this material ends up in the tail , some interesting features can be seen close to the comet's three kilometer nucleus ...
... The fainter comet clearly sporting two tails , lunar night side, bright sunlit lunar crescent, and brilliant morning star, are ... Pointing down and right, Catalina's dust tail tends to trail behind the comet's orbit. ...
... Its perspective from planet Earth continues to reveal the comet's broad dust tail. ... long exposure tracking the comet , made on March 21, has been enhanced to show remarkable, subtle striations in PanSTARRS' tail ...
... As comets near the Sun, they can produce long and beautiful tails that stream across the inner Solar System. ... How comet jets produce these tails is a topic of research -- helped by images like this. ...
... The above image, taken yesterday in the direction of the Sun by the SOHO LASCO instrument, shows the comet and its dust tail as the elongated white streak. ...