Image courtecy of Comet Chasers/Richard Miles
Joel Kontinen
Evolutionists say that the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons–Brooks, which will
make its closest approach to Earth next year, has re-sprouted its distinctive
"horns" after its second major eruption in four months.
“An enormous
volcanic comet the size of a small city has violently exploded for
the second time in four months as it hurtles toward the sun. And just like
the previous eruption, the cloud of ice and gas emitted what looked like a
gigantic pair of horns.”
The comet, named
12P/Pons-Brooks, is a cryovolcanic - it is (17 kilometers), and is filled with
a mix of ice, dust and gas known as cryomagma. The nucleus is surrounded by a
fuzzy cloud of gas called a coma, which leaks out of the comet's
interior.
When solar
radiation 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.
On Oct. 5,
astronomers detected a large outburst from 12P, after the comet became dozens
of times brighter due to the extra light reflecting from its expanded coma,
according to the British Astronomical Association (BAA), which has
been closely monitoring the comet
Over the next few
days, the comet's coma expanded further and developed its "peculiar
horns," Spaceweather.com reported. Some experts joked that the
irregular shape of the coma also makes the comet look like a science fiction
spaceship, such as the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.
Source:
Harry Baker 2023. City-size comet racing toward Earth
regrows 'horns' after massive volcanic eruption | Live Science October 16,
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