This image shows Comet Linear brightening when it blew off part of its crust. Clicking on this image will show you the Hubble Space Telescope's chronicle of the outburst.
Courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, and H. Weaver at Johns Hopkins University

This image shows Comet Linear brightening when it blew off part of its crust. Clicking on this image will show you the Hubble Space Telescope's chronicle of the outburst.
Courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, and H. Weaver at Johns Hopkins University

This image shows Comet Linear brightening when it blew off part of its crust. Clicking on this image will show you the Hubble Space Telescope's chronicle of the outburst.
Courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, and H. Weaver at Johns Hopkins University

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