Comet 29P keeps exploding, and scientists are trying to figure out why.
Between Jupiter and Neptune lurks Centaur 29P, an icy comet that won’t stop exploding. Its wild cryovolcanic outbursts can make it flare 300 times brighter in a matter of hours, but the reason for these random eruptions has long been a mystery. Now, recent discoveries from the James Webb Telescope have provided a clue to the secret trigger powering the chaos. Join us as we investigate the strange case of the solar system’s most explosive comet.
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0:00 Exploding Comet
1:13 Centaur 29P
3:08 Violent Eruptions
5:19 Cryovolcanism
7:51 Predicting Eruptions
9:28 Jets of Gas
10:54 Amorphous vs Crystalline Ice
14:48 The Future
Credit to : Astrum