Podcasts Science Astronomy Travelers In The Night 66E-78-Up Close And Personal With A Comet

66E-78-Up Close And Personal With A Comet

Published: March 3, 2020, 4 p.m.

b"From the dawn of recorded history, comets have been viewed as the bringers of everything from gloom and doom to water and life. In reality, comets are a sample of material which was present in the cloud of gas and dust which condensed to form our Sun and its planetary system. Until recently a comet's nucleus has remained a mystery enveloped in a veil of gas and dust."