Since December 2013, after a period of hibernation, our Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NeoWise) mission has completely scanned the skies and observed and characterized 29,375 objects, including 27,000 asteroids (gray), 788 near-Earth objects (green) and 136 comets (yellow): https://go.nasa.gov/2r58Gtq | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

8.5K views · 624 reactions | Talk about a glow up! Comet 67P appears to put on its own atmospheric light show, according to findings from Rosetta, the retired ESA - European Space Agency comet hunter. Electrons streaming out in the solar wind interact with the comet’s tail and create the aurora. go.nasa.gov/2RKmnuP | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Facebook