Comet Pons-Brooks Develops Opposing Tails

By |2024-06-04T09:09:14-04:00June 4th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Why does Comet Pons-Brooks now have tails pointing in opposite directions? The most spectacular tail is the blue-glowing ion tail that is visible flowing down the image. The ion tail is pushed directly out from the Sun by the solar wind. On the upper right is the glowing central coma [...]