First Molecular Jet Detected on Giant Comet Nearing Inner Solar System
Originally Published 6 months ago — by The Daily Galaxy
Astronomers using ALMA have observed for the first time a molecular jet of carbon monoxide emanating from the giant comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, which is about 140 km wide and located over 1.5 billion miles from the Sun. This discovery challenges previous assumptions about comet activity in the outer solar system and provides new insights into the behavior of distant celestial bodies from the Oort Cloud, especially as it approaches the Sun in 2031.
