The comet has a solid nucleus about 18.6 miles wide and is filled with a mix of ice, dust and gas known as cryomagma. Scientists say the comet is roughly three times the size of Mount Everest.
According to Live Science, radiation from the sun “heats the comet’s insides, the pressure builds up and the comet violently explodes, shooting its frosty guts out into space through large cracks in the nucleus’s shell.”Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks erupted again recently. During the first eruption in July many observers said it resembled the Millennium Falcon. This time it has been likened to a Romulan Warbird.
The two 'horns' may be caused by an ice-rich outburst from a vent in the nucleus.Pons-Brooks was first spotted in 1812 when comet hunter Jean-Louis Pons discovered it. It will reach its closest point to Earth on April 21, 2024. According toIt is likely to be visible to the naked eye before it heads catapulted back toward the outer solar system.
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