Comet 108P/Ciffreo was noticed in 1985 hurtling via area alongside a wierd blob of mud, and now astronomers have lastly discovered the place the blob got here from
Space
17 February 2023
The Nordic Optical Telescope was used as a part of the work Shutterstock/Ahmad Khal
Astronomers in 1985 noticed a peculiar comet that appeared to have an enormous blob of mud travelling with it via area, and now now we have lastly discovered what it’s. Understanding uncommon objects like this might assist us find out about how comets evolve and ultimately collapse.
Yoonyoung Kim on the Technical College of Braunschweig in Germany and her colleagues examined the comet, known as Comet 108P/Ciffreo, utilizing the Nordic Optical Telescope in Spain and the Hubble Space Telescope …
