28th
April
2006
Comet Update - shatters into pieces
posted in space |
04/28/06 01:34 PM, EDT
NASA and the European Space agency have released new images from the Hubble Space Telescope showing the dramatic breakup of comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. The comet’s nucleus has shattered into more than 33 pieces, and is likely to continue to disintegrate.
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