{"id":1173,"date":"2013-03-16T15:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2013-03-16T15:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T15:27:40","slug":"nasa-sciencecasts-sunset-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1173","title":{"rendered":"NASA ScienceCasts: Sunset Comet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">This episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA ScienceCasts<\/a> is titled <em>Sunset Comet<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of a wild and ragged tail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More at <a href=\"http:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/science-news\/science-at-nasa\/2013\/15mar_sunsetcomet\/\" target=\"_d\">Sunset Comet &#8211; NASA Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1cYfPrHoJw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of NASA ScienceCasts is titled Sunset Comet Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of a wild and ragged tail. More at Sunset Comet &#8211; NASA Science<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-iV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1747,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1747","url_meta":{"origin":1173,"position":0},"title":"NASA ScienceCasts: Comet ISON Meteor Shower","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest episode of NASA ScienceCasts video reports on Sungrazing Comet ISON, expected to become a bright naked-eye object later this year, might dust the Earth with meteoroids in early 2014. http:\/\/youtu.be\/xNZ103i6suQ","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xNZ103i6suQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":962,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=962","url_meta":{"origin":1173,"position":1},"title":"Comet PANSTARRS brightens up","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Comet PANSTARRS\u00a0 is now visible in the southern hemisphere: Get Your Camera: Spectacular Comet Views Lighting Up the Night Sky -\u00a0 Wired Science\/Wired.com Here's an earlier NASA ScienceCasts report on the comet: http:\/\/youtu.be\/OZlenAvqLCI","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/OZlenAvqLCI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1356,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1356","url_meta":{"origin":1173,"position":2},"title":"Comet 2013 A1 has a slight chance of impacting Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a ScienceCast report on the possibility that Comet 2013 A1 will hit Mars: ScienceCasts: Collision Course? 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