Space Weather News for Oct. 15, 2021
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A VOLCANIC COMET BLOWS ITS TOP:
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is no ordinary comet. It has volcanoes,
and at least four of them just erupted. A cloud of "cryomagma" is
expanding into space, wider than Jupiter and an easy target for backyard
telescopes. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
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Above: An expanding shell of cryomagma from the recent eruption of Comet 29P. Photo credit: Eliot Herman.
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