According to 'Daily Star', dubbed ‘comet of the century', it will have a very bright, beautiful and long tail when it passes by the Sun at a distance similar to Mercury's orbit. While passing by ...

Traditionally, the difference between comets and asteroids is that comets have beautiful cometary tails while asteroids do not. These dusty tails — or comae — form because comets contain ice.

The stars in this study range in ages from very young to middle-aged like our Sun. This new study shows how comets play a role in the formation of stars and planetary systems. Credit: Luca Matra.

“Some comets are like couples—they break up, but then they get back together down the road,” says Distinguished Professor Daniel Scheeres of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering ...