{"id":15075043,"date":"2026-03-27T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/nasa-spots-comet-reversing-its-spin-in-a-first-for-science\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T02:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T06:04:38","slug":"nasa-spots-comet-reversing-its-spin-in-a-first-for-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/nasa-spots-comet-reversing-its-spin-in-a-first-for-science\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA spots comet reversing its spin in a first for science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.scientificamerican.com\/dam\/m\/c61cc99ffeafac8\/original\/comet-41P.jpeg?m=1774554081.653&amp;w=1200\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>In 2017 NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope zoomed in on a comet as it passed around the sun. And then things took a more unusual turn<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/nasa-spots-comet-reversing-its-spin-in-a-first-for-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News \u2013 Space \u2013 Nasa \u2013 rss.app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2017 NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope zoomed in on a comet as it passed around the sun. 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