>> “The coma wings suggest the presence of two or more sub-nuclei with individual expanding atmospheres in the overall cometary coma and may indicate nucleus splitting in the comet,” they said.
Sounds like astroboffin talk all right.
Wonder what it means.
Means the comet has already split, probably. Tails are coming from two separate objects rather than just the one.
No comet of the century.
It means the comet is showing signs of getting ready to split into two or more smaller pieces; that it may even already be splitting.
It’s gonna blow.
She’s breaking up.