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Comet 41P Reversal Animation

This artist’s concept depicts comet 41P as it approached the Sun and frozen gases began to sublimate off the comet’s surface. This animation only depicts one jet, but this comet may have multiple streams of material ejecting into space. This jet is pushing against the comet’s spin, then forcing it in the opposite direction. Small fragments of the comet are also shown spewing into space.

  • Release Date
    March 26, 2026
  • Science Release
    NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet
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  • Credit
    Animation: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

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Illustration, close up of rocky, potato-shaped body of a comet with detailed, cratered surface at the bottom right. A glowing ray emanates from the rocky surface like sunlight through clouds. It extends from the cometu2019s surface across the image to the left. This represents water ice being vaporized by the heat of the Sun. There are small bright dots within the ray, representing fragments of the comet. The words Artist's Concept appear at the bottom left.

Comet 41P (Artist's Concept)

This artist’s concept depicts comet 41P, a tiny Jupiter-family comet, as it approached the Sun and frozen gases began to sublimate and shoot material off into space.

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Last Updated
Mar 26, 2026
Location
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Contact
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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