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Comet

ASTROPHYSICAST by Team ASTROPHYSICAST

Jul 16, 202200:09:51Science & Medicine

Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a...

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Comet is an episode from ASTROPHYSICAST by Team ASTROPHYSICAST. Comets are cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. When frozen, they are the size of a small town. When a comet's orbit brings it close to the Sun,...

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