Tailless comet is first of its kind to get spotted
In what has been described as a first in astronomy, researchers discovered a tailless comet, or, as scientist call it, a “Manx” comet. This is one celestial being that may provide the answer to many pressing questions about how the solar system had come about and evolved to what it is today.
The tailless comet, which was given the official codename C2014/S3, got its more descriptive moniker from the tailless cat of the same name. Researchers noted that it is composed of rocky materials typically found near our planet. This in itself is a peculiarity, given that most comets are composed of frozen materials such as ice, and were formed in the freezing outer regions of solar systems. With this in mind, it is possible that the Manx comet was formed relatively near Earth before getting shuttled off to the outer regions as planets settled into position while our solar system formed.
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