This image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer features comet 65/P Gunn. Comets are balls of dust and ice left over from the formation of the solar system. The comet tail is seen here in red trailing off to the right of the comet nucleus.
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Title: WISE Catches Comet 65P/Gunn
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Date Created: 2010-06-14
Rights: JPL
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