Thursday, 5 March 2015

Rapid changes observed in a comet’s plasma tail

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Images from a December 2013 observation of the comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) reveal clear details about rapidly changing activity in that comet’s plasma tail. Astronomers zoomed in to within 0.8 million kilometers of the comet’s plasma tail, resulted in gaining precious knowledge regarding the extreme activity in that tail as the comet neared the Sun.

via Science Daily

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