<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><img src="cid:ii_kc3jc9rq0" alt="image.png" width="472" height="431"><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kc3jefbc1" alt="image.png" width="472" height="373"><br></div></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The rapid brightening of Comet NEOWISE</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This week, <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Comet NEOWISE</strong> (C/2020 F3) is passing by the sun and rapidly brightening to naked-eye visibility.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">New images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) show an 8-fold increase in brightness over just a few days.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">A movie of the comet&#39;s development is featured on today&#39;s edition of <a href="https://spaceweather.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0c5fce34d5ca05f64a13d085d&amp;id=72226dc1e0&amp;e=f98eeb7cd6" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">Spaceweather.com</a></p></div>