(Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Brendan Gallagher)
Comet NEOWISE beamed into view this summer, glowing bright enough for skywatchers to spot it with the naked eye under dark skies. Skywatchers, spacecraft and even astronauts at the International Space Station have captured incredible photos of the icy wanderer. Click through this gallery to see images of the comet captured from Earth and space.
The International Space Station seems to cross paths with Comet NEOWISE in the morning sky over Rome, Italy, in this photo captured by astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project, on July 7, 2020.
(Image credit: Ivan Vagner/Roscosmos/NASA)
Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner captured this view of Comet NEOWISE from the International Space Station on July 4, 2020.
NASA astronaut Bob Behnken, who arrived at the International Space Station May 31 with SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, captured this image of Comet NEOWISE from the International Space Station on July 4, 2020.
NASA photographer Bill Ingalls captured this image of Comet NEOWISE over Washington, D.C. before sunrise on July 12, 2020.
(Image credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA)
Comet NEOWISE is pictured above the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. before sunrise on July 12, 2020, in this view captured by NASA photographer Bill Ingalls.
(Image credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA)
A closer view shows Comet NEOWISE glowing above the top of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. before sunrise on July 12, 2020.
Astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured this view of Comet NEOWISE above the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome before sunrise on July 10, 2020.
(Image credit: Alexander Krivenyshev/WorldTimeZone.com)
Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com captured this view of Comet NEOWISE and the constellation Auriga over New York City, on July 8, 2020.
(Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Guillermo Stenborg)
Processed data from the WISPR instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe shows greater detail in the twin tails of comet NEOWISE, as seen on July 5, 2020. The lower, broader tail is the comet’s dust tail, while the thinner, upper tail is the comet’s ion tail.
These false-color images of Comet NEOWISE show the concentration of sodium atoms in the comet's dusty ion tail. Astronomers created the images using the Planetary Science Institute's Input/Output facility near Tucson, Arizona. The image on the left shows light reflected off of cometary dust, while the image on the right shows light emitted by sodium atoms.
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