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Comet NEOWISE imaged by Parker Solar Probe

Comet NEOWISE imaged by Parker Solar Probe
Comet NEOWISE imaged by Parker Solar Probe Processed data from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows detail in the twin tails of comet NEOWISE. The lower, broader tail is the comet’s dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comet’s ion tail. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Guillermo Stenborg