The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

A volcanic comet moving around in the inner solar system has suddenly become extremely violent, blasting out four times in 48 hours. Researchers say that the activity has caused it to spew out so ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is a centaur ... Sometimes internal pockets of a particular ice will explode, causing an ice volcano. The dust that is carried into space when this occurs reflects ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is also classed as a cryovolcanic comet - meaning it has an icy volcano that erupts dust, gases and ice when pressure builds inside it as it is heated. The NSC said it could ...