Photos of NEOWISE comet

Last week “The Daily Moth” reporter Renca Dunn explained that the comet NEOWISE is visible from Earth this month and asked you to share your pictures. Here are some that have come in! 

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Thank you all for taking those pictures — they are great! 

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If you’re wondering why the comet is called NEOWISE, it’s because it is an acronym for a NASA telescope that discovered it, the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer. What a handful. It’s easier to just say NEOWISE! 

A space reporter told WBUR that a comets are “dirty snowballs” that were created 4.5 billion years ago on the fringes of our solar system. The core of a comet is 3 miles wide, but has a huge cloud of gas and dust around it and its tail reflects sunlight. The next time you can see this comet is in the year 8820. We’ll probably not be alive then, so go outside and spot it when you can. 

Text: The best time to view NEOWISE is in the evening, after sunset. Binoculars or telescopes are recommended.