ESA’s Solar Orbiter to pass through the tail of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) in a rare encounter
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that its Solar Orbiter probe will have a rare encounter with the Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), passing through the object's ion tail on May 31, 2020 into June 1. Solar Orbiter’s upcoming crossing is the first to be…