Astronomers link a brilliant fireball seen in 2008 to the breakup of Comet Metcalf in 1920. They suggest that pieces of the comet may have survived their fiery passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and could be recovered for study in a laboratory.
Astronomers link a brilliant fireball seen in 2008 to the breakup of Comet Metcalf in 1920. They suggest that pieces of the comet may have survived their fiery passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and could be recovered for study in a laboratory.