WATCH: NASA Probe Sent to Study the Sun Captures a Rare Sungrazing Comet
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WATCH: NASA Probe Sent to Study the Sun Captures a Rare Sungrazing Comet

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Space is full of awe and wonder. A sungrazing comet was recently spotted and subsequently posted to the official handle of NASA– something Galileo might not have witnessed when he used his telescope to discover the stars and the vast space beyond. However, to everyone’s surprise, it ended up capturing this ‘sungrazing’ comet; one that flies too close to the sun. But a recent batch of data also showed a sungrazing comet for the first time, confirming the mission can also study these hard-to-see comets. ☄️ https://t.co/sziQl3i2BS pic.twitter.com/C1ofn7tkSQ— NASA Sun & Space November 4, 2020 These comets are very bright and small, they are so close to the sun that they cannot be spotted from Earth, save from the SOHO or NASA‘s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.

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Astronomer Spots Rare, Recently Discovered Comet During Total Solar Eclipse in December
4 years ago

Astronomer Spots Rare, Recently Discovered Comet During Total Solar Eclipse in December

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An astronomer has spotted a little tiny speck flying past the Sun which is a recently discovered rare comet, as the world witnessed the total solar eclipse this month. This comet was first spotted in satellite data by Thai amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod on the NASA-funded Sungrazer Project, as Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on December 14, …

A comet that grazed the sun
4 years, 3 months ago

A comet that grazed the sun

The Hindu  

You might know about comets – cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, dust and rock that orbit the sun. A class of celestial objects, sungrazing comets are comets that pass extremely close to the sun at its perihelion or point of closest approach. On August 30, 1979, SOLWIND spotted a comet approaching the sun – rather closely than usual – and …

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