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El cometa Nishimura and a pending partial solar eclipse
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El cometa Nishimura and a pending partial solar eclipse
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft—the fastest object ever launched—will now transit to becoming a mission to study the effect of the sun at the edges of the solar system.
The event took place right after Comet Nishimura successfully lived through its closest approach to the Sun amid fears that it might burn up.
After surviving its closest approach to the sun, Comet Nishimura was buffeted by a possible coronal mass ejection that briefly blew its tail away. The rare event was captured by a NASA spacecraft.
Astronomers are making strides in better understanding the threat posed from potentially Earth-impacting Oort Cloud comets.