Comet Curiosity? MSL Looks Like a Comet as it Heads Toward Mars

Comet Curiosity? MSL Looks Like a Comet as it Heads Toward Mars: What does a spacecraft look like as it lights-out for another world? This incredible time-lapse video was taken by astronomers at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium in Australia. The sequence shows a plume drifting against the background stars, probably caused