comet

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"The irony is now we're just studying a regular comet and it crumbles in front of our eyes," said principal investigator Dennis Bodewits, also a professor in Auburn University's Department of Physics.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

If fresh ice was exposed, why did the comet not brighten right away?

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

When a comet first breaks open, it exposes clean ice rather than dust.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Even at that distance, the comet was losing water at a rate of about 40 kilograms per second, comparable to water blasting from a fully opened fire hose.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

A fiery golden comet crossed her path ... maybe her brother Apollo.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan