Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity Comet NEOWISE

Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 24, 2020

NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of comet NEOWISE, taken on Aug. 8, zero in on the visitor's coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds its nucleus as it is heated by the Sun. This is the first time Hubble has photographed a comet of this brightness at such resolution after this close of a pass by the Sun. The comet photos were taken after