A small comet, named 41P, shocked scientists by suddenly reversing its spin, driven by uneven jets of gas near the Sun.
'It’s like pushing a merry-go-round,' said one of the scientists who studied recent data on Jupiter-family comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak.
Scientists believe it originated in the Kuiper Belt. Later, due to Jupiter's gravitational influence, it settled into its ...