Insights on Comet Tails Are Blowing in the Solar Wind (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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The first observations of striations forming have revealed new insights on the sun's effect on comet dust tails.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2WQGyAUUvMs

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein

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