Comet Tail - Search News

News

planet, Comet

Astronomers Discover a Doomed Exoplanet That's Crumbling Away and Leaving Behind a Comet-Like Tail

Astronomers have spotted a distant planet shedding matter with each orbit around its host star, generating a comet-like tail of debris. As detailed in a study published Tuesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters,

Digital Trends · 15h

This planet is crumbling apart, giving it a giant tail like a comet

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made an unusual discovery, finding a planet which is in the process of disintegrating. And as it decays, it is leaving behind a tail of matter like a comet.

Reuters on MSN · 3d

Planet with comet-like tail observed disintegrating near its star

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a small rocky planet that orbits perilously close to its host star disintegrating as its surface is vaporized by stellar heat, trailed by a comet-like tail of mineral dust up to about 5.

One Orbit, One Everest Lost: A Planet Evaporates Into a 9-Million-Kilometer Tail

Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

Space.com on MSN17h

Why are meteor showers so unpredictable? The sun may be to blame

Once you remember that the sun also orbits the solar system's common center of mass, it all makes sense. Our sun is wobbling, ...

2don MSN

This green comet not visible to the human eye is likely breaking apart

NEW YORK — A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes ...

The Independent2d

First planet of its kind with ‘gargantuan’ comet-like tail discovered

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)4d

A green comet is fading fast after its trip around the sun

A newly discovered green comet tracked by telescopes has likely broken apart as it swung by the sun, dashing hopes of a naked ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results