The Devil Comet will be visible at night until April 2. Then it will transition into the daytime sky and may momentarily become visible during the total solar eclipse on April 8. Weather permitting. Officially named Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the Devil Comet appears around every 71.3 years and won’t be visible again until 2095. The Devil …
According to the European Space Agency, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko seems to be emitting a ‘song’ in the form of oscillations in the magnetic field in the comet’s environment. It is being sung at 40-50 millihertz, far below human hearing, which typically picks up sound between 20 Hz and 20 kHz. To make the music audible to …
Comets are frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ice. They range from a few miles to tens of miles wide, but as they orbit closer to the Sun, they heat up and spew gases and dust into a glowing head that can be larger than a planet. …