comet

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Noonan did not realize the comet was breaking up until he reviewed the images the following day.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Swift detected hydroxyl when the comet was nearly three times farther from the Sun than Earth is, well beyond the region where surface ice would normally turn directly into vapor.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

This summer, that traveler entered our solar system and received the name 3I/ATLAS, becoming only the third confirmed interstellar comet ever observed.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

He sits down again and Himmelstoss disappears like a comet.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque