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A citizen scientist digging through data from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has found the mission’s 5000th comet.

The tiny comet – indicated between the vertical lines in the inset – belongs to the ‘Marsden group’, named after the British astronomer Brian Marsden, who first recognised the group based on SOHO observations. Marsden group comets are thought to be pieces shed by the much bigger Comet 96P/Machholz, which SOHO observes as it passes close to the Sun every 5.3 years.

This 5000th comet was discovered by Hanjie Tan, an astronomy PhD student in Prague, Czechia. Hanjie has been comet hunting

In the first episode, published today Eike Kircher, Head of the ESA Technology Programmes Office, and Gianfranco Visentin, Head of Automation and Robotics, delve into the ambitious Star Tiger program, a project that's set to redefine space exploration and construction. Join us as we explore the insights from a panel of experts who are at the forefront of this technological marvel.

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