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Close-Up View of Comet NEOWISE Shows It Survived Close Encounter With Sun – Gizmodo Australia
Comets don’t always survive their sojourns into the inner solar system, but a new close-up image suggests the NEOWISE comet — the brightest in decades — has kept it together. Some 6,800 years from now, our descendants, should they still be around, can expect …
Comets dont always survive their sojourns into the inner solar system, but a new close-up image suggests the NEOWISE comet the brightest in decades has kept it together.
Some 6,800 years from now, our descendants, should they still be around, can expect a return visit from comet NEOWISE. This 5 km-wide comet appears to have survived its recent trip around the Sun, as revealed by a new close-up image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Its solid core remains intact, pointing to a potential retu…
