This close-up image of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was taken from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 when the comet was displaying an impressive level of brightness and ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is showing a longer and brighter ion tail than ever before. New images reveal an increase in its activity. New telescope images have revealed a dramatic change in comet 3I/ATLAS, an ...
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Two Spacecraft To Fly Through Comet 3I/ATLAS's Ion Tail – Will They Be Able To Catch Something?
Comets tend to have two tails. One is known as the dust tail, and it tends to be more curved, while the other, known as the ion or plasma tail, is straighter, pointing away from the Sun. The tails can ...
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NASA’s Europa Clipper mission, currently on its way to Jupiter, may soon encounter a unique scientific opportunity. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to cross the path of the spacecraft’s ...
Even with a bright Moon spoiling the view, a visitor from another star system is making its presence known. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1 ATLAS) is not just passing through; it is actively ...
The article details the recent appearances of several bright comets, including C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), C/2021 A1 (Leonard), and C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), noting the accessibility of comet ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured a remarkable image of the NEOWISE comet that was discovered in March. The probe, which recently flew past Venus, was able to capture the twin tails of NEOWISE, ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
As stargazers try to catch a glimpse of NEOWISE as it soars across the nighttime sky, careful viewers may notice the comet has two tails trailing behind it. The comet’s main tail or dust tail, which ...
Lucky are those who have seen a great naked-eye comet, one with a head and tail so intense that you need only look up to see it. It’s a rarity: On average, such a comet — brighter than magnitude 0 — ...
Comet 2P/Encke has been looping around the sun for thousands of years. But last April, just after the comet slipped inside Mercury’s orbit, magnetic hurricanes belching from the sun chopped off its ...
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