Researchers explain why bands form behind a comet's dust tail
Findings are based on the movement of dust particles in Comet McNaught, one of the brightest comets seen from Earth in the past five decades

Researchers at UCL claim to have finally solved a puzzle that has perplexed the scientific community for year: the phenomenon behind the formation of bands stretching millions of kilometers behind a comet's...
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