More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - comet K2 came from the distant Oort Cloud and is visiting our inner solar system for the first (and only) time. Since we're seeing it so far away, past the orbit of Saturn, K2 is still in its early phase of activity, likely making it the most primitive comet anyone has ever seen. Credit: NASA GSFC, Katrina Jackson Music credit: "Space Cake" by Donn Wilerson [BMI] and Lance Sumner [BMI]; Killer Tracks BMI; Killer Tracks Production Music. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkjy90kog

More space news and info at: http://www.coconutsciencelab.com - this video comparison shows the central regions of the Milky Way observed in four different wavelength ranges. The first view shows compact sources of submillimeter radiation detected by APEX as part of the ATLASGAL survey, combined with complementary data from ESA’s Planck satellite, to capture more extended features. The second view shows the same region as seen in shorter, infrared, wavelengths by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the GLIMPSE survey. The third view shows the same part of sky again at even shorter wavelengths, the near-infrared, as seen by ESO’s VISTA infrared survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Regions appearing as dark dust tendrils here show up brightly in the ATLASGAL view. Finally the more familiar view in visible light, when most of the more distant structures are hidden from view, is also included. The significance of the colors varies from image to image and they cannot be directly compared. Please rate and comment, thanks! Credit: ESO, APEX, ATLASGAL consortium, NASA, GLIMPSE consortium, ESA, Planck, VVV Survey, D. Minniti, S. Guisard Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Dso0YFc-U