Interstellar Comet (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Interstellar Comet

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The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft made valuable observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during a period when it was difficult to observe from Mars- and Earth-based vantage points, viewing its two tails from between their downstream directions.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/APL/SwRI

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