Largest Comet Outburst Sent "Mini Comets" Flying

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 15:35 in Astronomy & Space

In 2007 comet Holmes swelled to become larger than the sun and sent fragments of itself flying, producing the largest known cometary outburst in history, astronomers say.

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