SciShow's video: Cosmic Tails That Aren t From Comets

Comets are famous for having space tails. But they're not the only ones! Asteroids, planets, and even stars can rock tails of their own. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow ---------- Sources: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/facts/ https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/smd/whats-the-difference-between-asteroids-comets-and-meteors-we-asked-a-nasa-scientist-episode-16/ https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids-comet-like-tail-is-not-made-of-dust-solar-observatories-reveal/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/geminids/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fizzing-sodium-could-explain-asteroid-phaethons-cometlike-activity https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/acc866 https://www.livescience.com/space/mercury/see-mercurys-giant-comet-like-tail-in-stunning-new-image-as-it-passes-close-to-the-sun https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JE006671 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/science/moon-tail-beam.html https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27275-the-moons-got-two-tails-and-its-friends-might-too/ https://earthsky.org/space/how-to-capture-mercurys-sodium-tail/ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-tail-of-mercury https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2016/09/14/thats-no-comet-thats-pluto-comet-like-tail-and-x-rays-discovered-at-solar-systems-edge/?sh=5f7ed50df21a https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/pluto/ https://chandra.si.edu/press/16_releases/press_091416.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103516304031 https://www.space.com/30001-pluto-atmosphere-swept-comet-tail.html https://www.keckobservatory.org/wasp-69b/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad11d0 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/589968/meta https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06003 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ApJ...619L...1M/abstract Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/ https://bit.ly/3IXiTzs https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_Hale-Bopp_Phot-mar14-hbs-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA22185.gif https://bit.ly/4abI2lU https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asteroid_3200_Phaethon_(1983_TB).gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animation_of_3200_Phaethon_orbit.gif https://bit.ly/3IW2bAw https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/988744 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_Sodium_Tail.png https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/sun-and-moon-behind-mountain-royalty-free-image/92117497?phrase=sun+and+moon&adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sodium-glow.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_pole_of_Mercury_--_NASA.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/plutos-brilliant-heart/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15-011a-NewHorizons-PlutoFlyby-ArtistConcept-14July2015-20150115.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_hazes_over_backlit_Pluto.jpg https://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/x-raysLight.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandra_artist_illustration.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA21061-Pluto-DwarfPlanet-XRays-20160914.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MVIC_sunset_scan_of_Pluto.jpg https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JA022599 https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/1011323 https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/5142/wasp-69-b/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad11d0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keck_Telescopes._Mauna_Kea_Summit_-_panoramio.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14359/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/5142/wasp-69-b/ https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2137/excess-hot-jupiters/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia09961-miras-tail-there-all-along https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mira-uv-bow-shock-tail-vertical.jpg http://www.galex.caltech.edu/media/glx2007-04r_img05.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GALEX_spacecraft_model.png https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia09961-miras-tail-there-all-along https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1919c/