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We’ve all pictured it in our heads: a comet, whizzing through the solar system, leaving behind a long, bright, stunning tail showing where it’s been and implying its prograde (forward) velocity direction. I used to think this was the case too. and then I learned later in life that a comet’s tail is only visible … Continue reading The Curious Case of the Two-Tailed Comet → Continue reading →