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On April 20, 2007 NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. This visualization shows the brightening of Comet Encke's tail as the CME swept by and its subsequent disconnection and transport by the CME front. (Credit: NASA) The data in this video has been processed to suppress the stars in the background, although some remnants of them can still be seen moving from left to right in the image.
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On April 20, 2007 NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. This visualization shows the brightening of Comet Encke's tail as the CME swept by and its subsequent disconnection and transport by the CME front. (Credit: NASA) The data in this video has been processed to suppress the stars in the background, although some remnants of them can still be seen moving from left to right in the image.
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On April 20, 2007 NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. This visualization shows the brightening of Comet Encke's tail as the CME swept by and its subsequent disconnection and transport by the CME front. (Credit: NASA) The data in this video has been processed to suppress the stars in the background, although some remnants of them can still be seen moving from left to right in the image.
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On April 20, 2007 NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. This visualization shows the brightening of Comet Encke's tail as the CME swept by and its subsequent disconnection and transport by the CME front. (Credit: NASA) The data in this video has been processed to suppress the stars in the background, although some remnants of them can still be seen moving from left to right in the image.
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Close up of Comet Encke from April 20, 2007, showing the disconnection event. These data still include the background stars. The red color is added.
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Close up of Comet Encke from April 25-28, 2007 showing its dynamic tail. These data still include the background stars. The red color is added.
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A closeup of comet Encke colliding with a CME on April 20, 2007. The event was observed with NASA's STEREO satellite. This visualization shows the brightening of Comet Encke's tail as the CME swept by and its subsequent disconnection and transport by the CME front. (Credit: NASA) The data in this video has been processed to suppress the stars in the background, although some remnants of them can still be seen moving from left to right in the image. The blue color has been added.
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This animation shows how Comet Encke interacts with the solar magnetic field and how its tail is stripped away by a CME. (Credit: NASA)
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