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Hubble Captures Close-Up of Comet NEOWISE Elizabeth Howell The Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eyes to a celestial visitor to our skies—Comet NEOWISE, which put on a stunning show in the Northern Hemisphere earlier this summer. On Aug. 8, the famed telescope obtained images of the comet’s coma, which is the cloud of gas…
The Best Way to Watch Comet NEOWISE, Wherever You Are Karen Kwon Comet NEOWISE has been entertaining space enthusiasts across the Northern Hemisphere. Although its official name is C/2020 F3, the comet has been dubbed NEOWISE after the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) space telescope that first noticed it earlier this year. This…
Comet NEOWISE Could Be Spectacular: Here’s How to See It Scott Hershberger This month a cosmic visitor is gracing the skies. A comet swept past the sun on July 3, and it has since become visible to the naked eye. The rare opportunity to glimpse the chunk of ancient ice from the outer solar system…