Subject: Asteroid With 6 Comet Tails Puzzles Astronomers Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:47 am
Asteroid With 6 Comet Tails Puzzles Astronomers
A strange object with half a dozen comet-like tails has been spotted in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, leaving astronomers wondering what it could be. “We were literally dumbfounded when we saw it,” said David Jewitt, an astronomer at the University of California, in a statement announcing the object’s discovery today. Jewitt is the