Natural comet outburst of gas and dust has been captured in detail

Scientists using the NASA TESS spacecraft have captured what they say is a clear start-to-finish image sequence of an explosive emission of dust, ice, and gases during the close approach of a comet. The comet in the image sequence is 46P/Wirtanen. The images were captured when the comet made its close approach in late 2018. The team says that this …