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The Unusual Tails of Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas

By |2024-11-11T08:09:09-05:00November 11th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas's tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a dark streak in the long tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear [...]

The Long Tails Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

By |2024-10-07T09:09:06-04:00October 7th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day A bright comet is moving into the evening skies. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) has brightened and even though it is now easily visible to the unaided eye, it is so near to the Sun that it is still difficult to see. Pictured, Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS was captured just before sunrise from an [...]

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