... Comet Pojmanski 's ion tail is due to gas particles expelled by the comet being pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind , the same wind that ionizes gas in the tail causing its blue tint. ...
... As the activity of comets is notoriously hard to predict, Comet Ikeya-Zhang may still hold some surprises as it rounds the Sun this month and starts back out of the Solar System in April. ...
... 2010 June 17 . Comet McNaught Passes NGC 1245 . Image Credit Copyright : Rich Richins . ... Explanation: Of the many comets named for discoverer Robert McNaught , the one cataloged as C/2009 R1 is gracing dawn skies for ...
... Twice before, however, in the cases of Comet Halley and Comet Borrelly , spacecraft dove through the debris cloud of a comet's coma to image the nucleus. ...
... Although it is very hard to predict how bright a comet will become, Comet Hale-Bopp , named for its discoverers , was spotted farther from the Sun than any previous comet - a good sign that it could become very bright, easily visible to the naked eye. ...
... Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a double nucleus came late last week as ESA 's ... Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko is actually the result of the merger of two comets, that ...
... Explanation: While hunting for comets in the skies above 18th century France, astronomer Charles Messier diligently kept a list of the things he encountered that were definitely not comets. ...