Comet C/2023 A3 brightens SOHO’s week
Tuesday, 15 October 2024 06:00From 7 until 13 October 2024, ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), the second brightest comet it has ever seen. Meanwhile, large amounts of material were being spewed out by the Sun (covered in the centre), and planet Mercury is visible to the left.
The comet’s nucleus is clearly visible, surrounded by a dusty coma and trailing an impressively long tail. SOHO sees the large dust tail edge-on, curving in on itself as it is pushed outward by solar wind.
At the end of the video you can also see a rare phenomenon known as an ‘
NASA probe Europa Clipper lifts off for Jupiter's icy moon
Tuesday, 15 October 2024 03:21NASA probe Europa Clipper lifted off from the US Kennedy Space Center on Monday, bound for an icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life. Lift-off took place aboard SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The probe is set to reach Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, in five and a half years. The mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new det
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Monday, 14 October 2024 19:14Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate
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Monday, 14 October 2024 16:22Gateway refuelling module gets a boost
Monday, 14 October 2024 15:00ESA and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract amendment today at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to extend the Lunar View refuelling module for the lunar Gateway.
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Monday, 14 October 2024 13:57France and Germany join U.S.-led space defense coalition
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Monday, 14 October 2024 12:30SpaceX wins earlier-than-expected approval to fly fifth Starship
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