The latest and most violent eruption of the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which will make its long-awaited closest approach to Earth next year, shows that the icy object may have lost its ...

The cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons–Brooks, which will make its closest approach to Earth next year, has re-sprouted its distinctive "horns" after its second major eruption in four months.

The cryovolcanic comet — which has a heart of ice, gas and dust within an icy outer shell — is currently racing through the inner solar system and toward the sun at a speed of 40,000 mph ...

The latest eruption of the cryovolcanic comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which will make its closest approach to Earth next year, shows that the icy object may have lost its iconic devil horns for good.

The blast originated on Oct. 5 from 12P/Pons-Brooks a cryovolcanic — or cold volcano — comet that measures a colossal 18.6 miles in diameter, or the size of a small city, Live Science reported.

A cryovolcanic comet, also known as an icy volcano or cryovolcano, exhibits volcanic activity involving the eruption of volatile substances like water, ammonia, ...

Officially named comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the cryovolcanic comet is known as the "devil comet" due to its periodic explosions and "horns" made of ice and gas.

Cryovolcanic comets consist of an icy shell, or nucleus, filled with ice, dust and gas. When the comet soaks up enough of the sun's radiation, its frosty innards get superheated.

Another intriguing cryovolcanic comet is 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. This city-size object has been consistently exploding over the past few decades, even though its orbit rarely takes it close to ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, known as the Devil Comet for its distinctive "horns," is fast approaching. Here's when, and how close it will come to Earth.

The Devil Comet, known as 12P/Pons ... As it is also identified as cryovolcanic, it acts as a type of volcano. Instead of erupting molten rock, however, it erupts water, ammonia or methane.

12P/Pons-Brooks is what we call a cryovolcanic comet. This means that it is an ice volcano, essentially, and it occasionally erupts when solar radiation cracks its surface.