Hubble Sees First-Time Icy Visitor Comet K2

Hubble Sees First-Time Icy Visitor Comet K2

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the farthest-discovered active inbound comet, Comet K2. K2 came from the distant Oort Cloud and is visiting our inner solar system for the first (and only) time. Since we're seeing it so far away, past the orbit of Saturn, K2 is still in its early phase of activity, likely making it the most primitive comet anyone has ever seen. Read the web story https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/hubble-observes-the-farthest-active-inbound-comet-yet-seen/This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at:http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12724 Read the science paper here: https://media.stsci.edu/preview/file/science_paper/file_attachment/262/Jewitt_Comet_K2_paper_9-26-17.pdf Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson Music credit: "Space Cake" by Donn Wilerson [BMI] and Lance Sumner [BMI]; Killer Tracks BMI; Killer Tracks Production Music. Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Twitter https://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/ · Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard/ · Google+ https://plus.google.com/+NASAGoddard/