Channel: SciShow Space

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Description: To get $5 off your own personalized Magic Spoon variety pack, head to magicspoon.thld.co/scishowspace_0122 and use code SCISHOWSPACE at checkout! There’s no question that comets have been regarded as some of the most beautiful things in the night sky for thousands of years. But why are their heads often green but never their tails? Hosted By: Reid Reimers SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet, Jason A Saslow! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishowtangents.org Facebook: facebook.com/scishow Twitter: twitter.com/scishow Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: eso.org/public/events/astro-evt/hale-bopp/comet-history-1 spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/c/Cometary+Gas+Tail eurekalert.org/news-releases/938361 pnas.org/content/pnas/118/52/e2113315118.full.pdf Image Sources: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lspn_comet_halley.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augsburger_Wunderzeichenbuch,_Folio_28.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_Hyakutake_by_Bill_Ingalls.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_Neowise;_July_2020.jpg spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_NEOWISE_over_Ayvalık_Islands_Nature_Park.jpg nasa.gov/jpl/nasa-instrument-on-rosetta-makes-comet-atmosphere-discovery commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ultraviolet_Radiation_From_Hydrogen_Atoms_in_Coma_of_Comet_Hyakutake.png flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/51146589850 spaceplace.nasa.gov/comets/en jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia21749-comet-illustration-animation commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augsburger_Wunderzeichenbuch,_Folio_52.jpg istockphoto.com/photo/c2-molecule-gm179236697-25467346 istockphoto.com/photo/sky-full-of-stars-gm512250305-46845990 istockphoto.com/vector/acceleration-speed-motion-on-night-road-luminous-blurred-horizontal-lines-pink-and-gm1266830732-371489631 nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/slac-dragonfly commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_Hyakutake_from_Hubble.jpg storyblocks.com/video/stock/the-falling-comet-on-the-starry-sky-background-hyper-lapse-sglqvgpxvkd58b6hm commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augsburger_Wunderzeichenbuch,_Folio_70.jpg