Friday, March 15, 2013

Sunset Comet


Source - NASA Science News for March 15, 2013

Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft has beamed back spectacular pictures of a "wild and ragged" tail behind the comet's active nucleus.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/15mar_sunsetcomet/

A companion video is posted below and can also be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1cYfPrHoJw



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