Recent advances in cometary science have yielded unprecedented insights into the composition, dynamics and evolution of cometary nuclei and their surrounding comae. Studies now demonstrate that comets ...

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Our knowledge of main-belt comets (MBCs), which exhibit comet-like activity likely due to the sublimation of volatile ices, yet orbit in the main asteroid belt, has increased greatly since the ...