Planets, comets and asteroids, winner: Taking a Final Bow by Dan Bartlett
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks reacts to intensified solar winds, creating a spectacle of tail dynamics and colourful hues expelled by the bright cloud of gas around its centre. The photograph was taken at June Lake, California, US
Chris Walter
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Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/flowers-of-the-sky #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
Comets from The Augsburg Book of Miracles, 16th century.
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More in our post "Flowers of the Sky", of depictions spanning almost a whole millennium of comets, meteors, meteorites and shooting stars: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/flowers-of-the-sky #comets #meteors #shootingstars #meteorshower
Julio J.
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Sander Meijer
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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 has just released its shortlist of remarkable images for this year’s competition. See them now:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/zwo-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2025/
#nature #photography #science #space #landscape #astronomy #astrophotography #comets #moon #plants #stars #sun
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 has just released its shortlist of remarkable images for this year’s competition. See them now:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/07/zwo-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2025/
#nature #photography #science #space #landscape #astronomy #astrophotography #comets #moon #plants #stars #sun
vruz
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Fascinating: ESA is now preparing the Comet Interceptor mission
The spacecraft will be launched in 2029 into a parking orbit, lying in wait for a suitable target – a pristine comet from the Oort Cloud, or, unlikely but highly appealing, an interstellar object.
➡️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor
#ESA #CometInterceptor #comet #comets#OortCloud#3IATLAS #Astrodon #science #news
Fascinating: ESA is now preparing the Comet Interceptor mission
The spacecraft will be launched in 2029 into a parking orbit, lying in wait for a suitable target – a pristine comet from the Oort Cloud, or, unlikely but highly appealing, an interstellar object.
➡️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor
#ESA #CometInterceptor #comet #comets#OortCloud#3IATLAS #Astrodon #science #news
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Starlit Ocean by Xingyang Cai
Comet Tsuchinshan–Atlas (C/2023 A3) and Milky Way seen from McWay Falls in Big Sur.
