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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Yes, but have you ever experienced the Eagle Nebula with your ears? The famous nebula M16 is best known for the feast it gives your eyes, highlighting bright young stars forming deep inside dark towering structures. These light-years long columns of cold gas and dust are some 6,500 light-years distant toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). Sculpted and eroded by the energetic ultraviolet light and powerful winds from M16's cluster of massive stars, the cosmic pillars themselves are destined for destruction. But the turbulent environment of star formation within M16, whose spectacular details are captured in this combined Hubble (visible) and Chandra (X-ray) image, is likely similar to the environment that formed our own Sun. In the featured video, listen for stars and dust sounding off as the line of sonification moves left to right, with vertical position determining pitch.

Video by NASA, ESA, & The Hubble Heritage Project (STScI/AURA); Sonification: NASA, CXC, SAO, K. Arcand, M. Russo & A. Santaguida

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The Week in Review | The consequential news of the past seven days — October 18, 2026

Opening Overview

The past week demonstrated how closely international conflict, economic conditions, and government decisions have become connected. Escalating fighting between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi movement widened concerns about Middle Eastern security, while the continuing confrontation involving Iran placed further pressure on global energy supplies. In the United States, new inflation figures showed how those international disruptions were affecting household purchasing power.

At the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Bangkok, governments confronted a difficult combination of slowing growth, mounting debt, higher borrowing costs, and rapid technological change. The discussions revealed a growing divide between countries able to finance investment in artificial intelligence and those struggling to maintain essential services.

Elsewhere, relations between Washington and Kyiv became more strained over energy policy and the war in Ukraine. China proposed tighter controls on exports of advanced technologies. In Central Africa, a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak exposed the difficulty of containing infectious disease in regions affected by conflict and weak public infrastructure.
The week's developments shared an underlying theme: decisions made in response to immediate national pressures increasingly produce consequences beyond national borders.

Consequential News Review

Middle East — Fighting Between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis Intensifies

The renewed confrontation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi movement escalated during the week, adding another dangerous dimension to the broader Middle Eastern conflict.

Following attacks on Saudi airports and energy infrastructure, Saudi forces intensified military operations against Houthi positions in Yemen. The fighting produced further civilian casualties, including at least nine people killed in an October 18 airstrike in Yemen's northern Saada province. Responsibility for individual attacks remained disputed, with both sides accusing the other of targeting civilian areas.

The conflict also drew additional regional involvement. Egypt announced its willingness to assist Saudi Arabia in defending against Houthi attacks, while diplomatic contacts among Gulf governments continued.
The consequences extend beyond the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen borders the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a strategic passage connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Continued instability threatens maritime transportation at a time when shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is already severely disrupted by the confrontation involving Iran.

The combined pressure on these waterways creates risks for energy supplies, international trade, and humanitarian deliveries. Within Yemen itself, renewed fighting threatens a population already suffering from years of conflict, displacement, and inadequate access to food and medical care.

United States — Inflation Rises as Energy Costs Reach Consumers

New inflation figures released October 14 showed that American consumer prices rose 3.7% over the preceding twelve months, compared with 3.4% in August.
Prices increased 0.6% during September alone, with gasoline accounting for more than half of the monthly increase. Gasoline prices were approximately 34% higher than a year earlier, while fuel oil prices had risen about 74%. The broader energy index increased 20.4% over twelve months.

Inflation excluding food and energy was considerably lower, at 2.6%, illustrating the unusually large contribution of energy costs to the overall increase. These figures carried immediate implications for households and monetary policy. Higher fuel prices affect not only motorists but also transportation, delivery, manufacturing, and agricultural costs. Businesses facing higher expenses may eventually pass some of those increases to consumers.

The Federal Reserve must weigh these inflationary pressures against the risk that higher interest rates could weaken economic activity. For households, the distinction between general inflation and energy-driven inflation offers little immediate relief when essential expenses are rising faster than wages or fixed incomes.
The report also reinforced the connection between international conflict and domestic economic conditions. Events thousands of miles from the United States were affecting the cost of everyday life.

Global Economy — IMF and World Bank Meetings Expose Growing Financial Strains

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank held their annual meetings in Bangkok from October 12 through October 18, with debt sustainability, economic growth, energy security, and artificial intelligence among the principal subjects.

The IMF estimated that investment associated with artificial intelligence was helping sustain global economic growth near 3%. Yet the organization also emphasized that technological investment was not eliminating the risks created by high debt, geopolitical instability, and rising borrowing costs.
Developing countries faced particularly difficult circumstances. Debt payments consume substantial portions of government revenue in many economies, limiting resources available for infrastructure, education, healthcare, and poverty reduction.

The IMF called for stronger fiscal discipline in major economies, including the United States, while urging China to place greater emphasis on domestic consumption rather than relying heavily on exports.
The meetings also highlighted disagreements about the best way to support poorer countries. International financial institutions emphasized fiscal management and attracting private investment, while critics questioned whether these approaches sufficiently addressed inequality and the immediate needs of vulnerable populations.

Despite extensive discussions, no comprehensive solution emerged for the overlapping problems of sovereign debt, energy insecurity, and uneven access to new technologies.

Russia and Ukraine — Energy Policy Deepens Tensions Between Washington and Kyiv

Relations between the United States and Ukraine became more strained during the week as American efforts to reduce global fuel prices conflicted with Ukraine's strategy of targeting Russian energy infrastructure.
President Donald Trump supported arrangements allowing additional Russian diesel to reach international markets, including a temporary relaxation of certain sanctions. The administration presented the measures as part of an effort to reduce energy costs.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy objected to policies that could increase Russian export revenue while Russia continued military operations against Ukraine. Kyiv maintained that Russian energy facilities were legitimate military-economic targets because petroleum revenue helps finance the war. The disagreement exposed a fundamental tension between two American policy objectives: limiting Russia's capacity to sustain its war and reducing the economic consequences of expensive energy.

Ukraine remained dependent on Western military, intelligence, and financial assistance, making the deterioration in relations particularly consequential. Diplomatic contacts nevertheless continued, including discussions involving American representatives and Ukrainian officials on October 18. The episode demonstrated how the economic effects of one conflict can influence diplomatic decisions concerning another.

China — New Export Controls Target Advanced Technologies

China proposed expanding its restrictions on the international transfer of sensitive technologies, including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and solar-energy applications. Announced October 16, the proposed changes would add approximately 40 technologies to China's export-control framework, including 23 associated with artificial intelligence.

The measures would place additional oversight on certain forms of overseas technology transfer while preserving avenues for international access to publicly available and commercially delivered AI services.
The proposal reflects growing competition over technologies considered strategically important for national security, industrial development, and economic influence.

For international businesses, such restrictions can complicate investment, technology partnerships, and access to specialized expertise. They also reinforce a broader trend in which governments increasingly treat technological capabilities as strategic national assets rather than ordinary commercial products.

China's proposals followed years of American restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductor technologies. Together, these policies illustrate the gradual fragmentation of international technology markets into systems governed by competing national priorities.

Africa — Ebola Outbreak in Congo Becomes a Regional Health Emergency

The Democratic Republic of the Congo continued struggling with an exceptionally severe Ebola outbreak, with confirmed infections exceeding 9,000 and deaths exceeding 4,000 during the week.

By October 18, the disease had spread to an eighth province. Cases had also appeared beyond Congo's borders, raising concerns about the capacity of neighboring countries to prevent further transmission.

The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which established treatment and vaccine options are considerably more limited than those available for the better-studied Zaire strain.
Containing the epidemic has been especially difficult because some affected areas face armed conflict, population displacement, poor transportation networks, and limited healthcare facilities. Public distrust of authorities and medical workers has created additional obstacles.

The crisis illustrates how disease outbreaks can become substantially more dangerous when they occur in regions where public institutions are already under severe pressure.
Beyond the immediate human cost, widespread infection can disrupt agricultural activity, commerce, schooling, and essential services, further weakening communities that have limited resources for recovery.

Europe — Government Debt and Energy Security Remain Central Concerns

European governments entered the week facing renewed pressure from rising energy prices and international financial instability. Concerns about public borrowing, particularly in countries with substantial debt burdens, contributed to volatility in government bond markets. A stronger American dollar added pressure to European currencies and complicated financial conditions.

The economic challenge was intensified by the Middle Eastern conflict. Europe remains exposed to changes in international oil and gas prices despite efforts to diversify energy supplies following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European policymakers also faced difficult questions about industrial competitiveness. Energy-intensive businesses must compete internationally while operating under higher costs and increasingly complex trade relationships. The situation reinforced a problem that has persisted for several years: Europe's efforts to strengthen energy independence, support industry, control inflation, and maintain fiscal stability must proceed simultaneously, even when those objectives require competing expenditures.

Latin America — Brazil Approaches a Consequential Presidential Runoff

Brazil's presidential election entered a decisive phase following the first round of voting earlier in October.
Neither incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor Senator Flávio Bolsonaro secured an outright majority, sending the contest to a runoff scheduled for October 25.

The election has implications for economic policy, public spending, environmental regulation, and Brazil's international relationships. It also reflects continuing divisions within Brazilian society over the direction of government.
Brazil is Latin America's largest economy and an important agricultural exporter, making its political decisions consequential for regional trade and international markets.

The runoff comes during a period of heightened global economic uncertainty. Whichever administration takes office will confront difficult choices involving fiscal management, social programs, investment, and the country's position in an increasingly divided international environment.

Science and Technology — Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Central Economic Policy Issue

Artificial intelligence emerged as a major subject at the Bangkok economic meetings, reflecting a growing recognition that the technology could reshape national economies as profoundly as earlier industrial transformations.
International financial officials emphasized its potential to improve productivity, expand scientific research, and make services more accessible. Applications in agriculture, healthcare, education, and financial administration were among the areas receiving attention.

Yet the discussions also identified serious concerns about employment, inequality, cybersecurity, and the concentration of technological investment. Countries possessing advanced computing infrastructure, reliable electricity supplies, specialized workers, and access to substantial capital may benefit disproportionately. Less-developed economies risk becoming dependent on technology produced elsewhere.

The consequences for employment remain uncertain. Some occupations may be transformed, others reduced, and new forms of work created. The scale and distribution of these changes will depend on investment, education, regulation, and the pace of adoption.
The central policy question is no longer simply whether artificial intelligence will influence economic development, but how its benefits and disruptions will be distributed.

International Development — Energy and Climate Priorities Compete in Africa

African Energy Week, held in Cape Town, brought renewed attention to competing priorities in the continent's development.

Energy companies and government representatives emphasized the importance of expanding electricity supplies, supporting industrial development, and using available oil and gas resources to meet economic needs.
Environmental organizations challenged further fossil-fuel exploration, arguing that new projects could increase long-term climate risks and impose environmental costs on vulnerable communities.

The debate reflects a fundamental development dilemma. Many African countries need substantially more affordable and reliable energy to improve living standards, yet expanding conventional energy production can conflict with international efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The disagreement also raises questions about financing. Countries with limited fiscal resources may find it difficult to develop modern electricity systems without external investment and access to affordable technology.

The outcome of these competing priorities will influence economic development, energy access, and environmental conditions across the continent for decades.

The Big Picture - Connecting Current Events

The events of October 12–18 revealed a central difficulty facing governments and international institutions: the systems that support economic prosperity, political stability, and technological progress have become deeply interconnected, but the mechanisms for managing their shared risks remain fragmented.

The clearest example emerged from the Middle East. Renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, combined with the continuing confrontation involving Iran, placed additional pressure on two maritime passages essential to international commerce. The consequences were not confined to the countries directly involved. Higher fuel costs affected American consumers, complicated European economic policy, and increased financial pressure on developing countries already struggling with debt.

The United States inflation report made this connection particularly visible. Overall inflation reached 3.7%, but energy prices were rising much faster. The difference matters because energy is not merely another consumer product. It is an essential input into transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and the distribution of goods. When energy becomes more expensive, the consequences spread throughout an economy.

The IMF and World Bank meetings demonstrated how difficult these pressures are to manage. Governments facing high borrowing costs must choose among competing priorities: supporting households, maintaining essential services, investing in infrastructure, and controlling public debt. Developing countries have fewer resources to absorb external shocks, making them especially vulnerable to disruptions they did little to create.

At the same time, technological change is creating a new economic divide. Artificial intelligence promises improvements in productivity and scientific discovery, but its development requires large investments in computing infrastructure, electricity, specialized workers, and research. Wealthier countries and companies are better positioned to make those investments, while poorer economies risk falling further behind.

China's proposed technology-export restrictions added another dimension to this problem. Governments increasingly view advanced technologies as instruments of national security and economic influence. Measures intended to protect domestic capabilities may also limit international collaboration and make essential technologies more difficult or expensive to obtain.

The dispute between Washington and Kyiv illustrated a related tension. American efforts to reduce energy prices produced disagreements over sanctions on Russian petroleum exports. Ukraine viewed those exports as a source of revenue sustaining Russia's war, while Washington faced domestic pressure to ease fuel costs. Policies that appear economically useful in one context may undermine strategic objectives in another.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo demonstrated that these vulnerabilities are not exclusively economic or geopolitical. Infectious disease becomes harder to contain when healthcare systems are weak, transportation is unreliable, and armed conflict prevents medical workers from reaching affected communities. The consequences extend beyond health, disrupting education, employment, commerce, and public confidence.

Brazil's approaching presidential runoff and Europe's financial difficulties supplied further reminders that national political decisions take place within this broader international environment. Governments remain accountable to their own populations, yet their capacity to deliver economic stability is increasingly influenced by conditions beyond their control.

These developments point toward a growing distinction between economic efficiency and resilience. Highly interconnected systems can deliver enormous benefits during stable periods. International trade reduces costs, specialized production improves productivity, and global financial markets make investment possible. But dependence on a limited number of supply routes, technologies, or financing sources can also magnify disruption.

Building resilience does not necessarily require abandoning international cooperation. It may instead require more diversified supply chains, stronger public institutions, better healthcare infrastructure, responsible financial management, and greater access to technological development. The challenge is particularly important for poorer countries. Without sufficient investment and institutional capacity, they may bear a disproportionate share of the consequences of conflicts, financial decisions, and technological competition originating elsewhere.

The broader lesson of the week is that international interdependence has advanced faster than many of the institutions designed to manage it. Governments can still make decisions within their borders, but the consequences increasingly cross them. Lasting stability will depend not only on how individual countries protect their interests, but also on how effectively they address vulnerabilities that no country can manage alone.


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The Importance of Purpose | Kudos365 Life Series

Purpose sounds like a large word. It can suggest a lifelong mission, an important career, a great cause, or some defining contribution we are supposed to discover and pursue. Presented that way, purpose can feel like something reserved for people with unusually clear ambitions or extraordinary opportunities. 

But purpose can be much simpler. It can be knowing that there is something worth getting up for in the morning. Something that needs our attention. Someone who benefits from our presence. Something we want to learn, build, improve, protect, understand, or enjoy.

Purpose gives direction to our time and it does not have to be grand to matter. Purpose Is Not the Same as Achievement We often connect purpose with accomplishment. A person builds a successful business, writes a book, leads an organization, raises a family, creates something important, or devotes years to a cause. Looking backward, it can be easy to describe such a life as purposeful.But achievement and purpose are not the same thing.

Achievement is usually something we can point to. Purpose is the reason we care enough to do something in the first place.Someone may have an impressive list of accomplishments and still wonder what all the activity is for. Another person may live quietly, receive little public recognition, and nevertheless have a strong sense that the way they spend their days matters.

Purpose is not measured by applause.

It is measured more personally: Does this matter to me? Does it matter to someone else? Does it give some direction to how I use my time? Those questions leave room for many different kinds of lives.

Purpose Changes Over Time One of the difficulties with the idea of finding "your purpose" is that it suggests there must be one answer.but life rarely works that way. At twenty, purpose may revolve around education, exploration, establishing independence, or beginning a career. Later it may center on raising children, building relationships, developing expertise, contributing to a community, or caring for family members.

Then circumstances change again. Children grow up. Careers end. People move. Relationships change. Responsibilities that once filled the calendar disappear. New possibilities appear. A purpose appropriate to one stage of life may not fit another. That is not failure, iIt is development. We are allowed to reconsider what matters to us. In fact, doing so may be necessary if we want our sense of purpose to remain connected to the life we are actually living rather than the life we lived years ago.

Work Can Provide Purpose—But It Does Not Own It. For many adults, work becomes closely connected with identity. The question "What do you do?" is often answered with an occupation. That makes sense. Work consumes a large portion of our time and can provide challenge, responsibility, relationships, expertise, and a feeling of contribution.

Meaningful work can be a powerful source of purpose.But work is only one possible source. This becomes especially clear when a career changes or ends. Retirement, job loss, a career transition, or simply reaching a point where work no longer occupies the center of life can leave a surprising amount of empty space. The loss may be larger than the absence of a paycheck or schedule.

A person may miss being needed. That is why it helps to build a life in which purpose has more than one address. Family, friendships, learning, hobbies, community involvement, creativity, mentoring, volunteering, caring for a place, and helping other people can all provide reasons to remain engaged. A job can be important without being the entire answer to who we are.

Being Needed Matters One of the strongest forms of purpose comes from knowing that our presence makes a difference to someone else. Parents experience this intensely when children are young. Caregivers know it. Teachers, mentors, volunteers, neighbors, friends, and family members experience it in different ways.

Being needed does not always involve major responsibilities. Perhaps someone depends on your weekly phone call. A neighbor appreciates your help with a small task. A grandchild looks forward to your stories. A community organization values the two hours you contribute each month. Small responsibilities can carry considerable meaning because they connect our actions to another person's life.

There is also a difference between being busy and being useful. A calendar can be completely full without giving us much sense of purpose. Conversely, one modest commitment that genuinely matters to someone can make a week feel worthwhile.

Purpose Can Be Something You Are Building Purpose often grows around projects. A garden is a project. So is restoring an old car, researching family history, learning a language, writing down family stories, improving a home, mastering an instrument, organizing photographs, or creating something with our hands.

Projects give the future shape.There is something unfinished today that we intend to continue tomorrow.That simple fact can be surprisingly motivating. The project does not have to produce anything valuable to anyone else. Its importance may come from curiosity, craftsmanship, progress, or the satisfaction of seeing something gradually take form.

This is one reason hobbies can matter so much. They give us opportunities to pursue goals chosen freely rather than assigned by necessity. We decide that something is worth doing. Then we return to it.

Learning Is a Form of Purpose

There is no age at which curiosity becomes unnecessary. Learning gives us an endless supply of things to pursue because every subject opens into another.

History leads to geography. Gardening leads to botany and weather. Astronomy leads to physics. Cooking leads to culture and chemistry. Learning an instrument leads to music theory and history. Traveling somewhere can create curiosity about the people who lived there centuries earlier.

The subject almost does not matter. What matters is remaining interested enough to ask another question. Learning is particularly valuable as a source of purpose because it does not require us to reach a final destination. We can become knowledgeable without exhausting a subject. There is always another book, another skill, another perspective, another question.

Curiosity keeps the horizon from becoming too close.

Purpose Can Be Local We sometimes look so far away for meaningful causes that we overlook what is immediately around us. Every community contains things that could be improved. Libraries need supporters. Historical organizations need volunteers. Schools need help. Neighborhood groups need participants. Parks need care. Community events need organizers. People need rides, companionship, information, encouragement, and practical assistance.

Not everyone wants formal volunteer work, and contribution does not always require joining an organization. Purpose can be as local as knowing the people on your street. It can mean checking on a neighbor, sharing what you know, supporting a community project, helping someone new feel welcome, or taking responsibility for a small corner of the world.

We do not have to change the world to improve the part of it within our reach.

Passing Along What We Know

Experience accumulates quietly. After decades of living and working, most people know far more than they realize. They know how to do things. They know what mistakes to avoid. They remember how a profession, community, family, or institution changed. They have practical knowledge acquired through thousands of ordinary experiences. That knowledge becomes more valuable when it is shared.

Teaching, mentoring, advising, demonstrating, writing things down, or simply answering someone's questions can transform personal experience into something useful to another generation. This does not require presenting ourselves as experts. Sometimes it is simply saying, "Here's what worked for me." Passing along knowledge creates a bridge between experience and contribution. Something learned years ago becomes useful again because another person can build upon it. Purpose sometimes comes not from learning something new, but from realizing that what we already know can still be useful.

Caring for Something Creates Connection Purpose can also grow from stewardship.

We care for a garden, a house, an animal, a collection, a family tradition, a community organization, or a piece of land. Stewardship carries an interesting idea: something has been placed, temporarily, in our care. We may improve it, maintain it, protect it, and eventually pass it along.

This perspective changes our relationship with possessions and places. Instead of asking only what they provide for us, we also ask what responsibility we have toward them. A longtime homeowner may plant a tree knowing that someone else will eventually enjoy its full shade. A volunteer may help preserve records for people who have not yet become interested in local history. Someone may maintain a family tradition knowing that another generation will decide whether to continue it.

Purpose often extends beyond immediate reward.

Purpose Does Not Require Constant Productivity There is a danger in talking about purpose as though every moment must be useful.That can turn a helpful idea into another demand. A purposeful life still contains rest, entertainment, wandering, conversation, vacations, lazy afternoons, and time spent doing absolutely nothing important.

Purpose provides direction; it does not require continuous motion. In fact, constantly trying to make every hour productive can make it harder to recognize what actually matters.

Some meaningful experiences appear inefficient by ordinary standards. Listening to a child tell a long story. Sitting with a friend who needs company. Spending an afternoon teaching someone how to do something you could have completed yourself in fifteen minutes. Efficiency asks how quickly something can be finished. Purpose asks why it is worth doing. Those are very different questions.

When Purpose Feels Unclear

There are periods when people simply do not know what comes next. A major responsibility ends. A relationship changes. A long-term goal is completed. A familiar routine disappears. The instinct may be to search immediately for a replacement. Sometimes it is better to experiment. Try a class. Volunteer once. Revisit an old hobby. Call someone. Join a group. Begin a small project. Learn about something that has always seemed interesting.

Purpose does not always arrive as a revelation.

Often it develops after we begin doing something. Interest leads to involvement. Involvement leads to relationships. Relationships create responsibilities. Responsibilities create meaning. What begins as "I thought I would try this" can eventually become "I'm glad I'm part of this."

More Than One Purpose Is Better Than One

Perhaps the most useful way to think about purpose is not as a single great mission but as a collection of reasons to remain engaged with life. One purpose may involve family. Another may involve work. Another might be learning. Another may be a hobby, friendship, community, creative pursuit, or responsibility we have chosen. These sources of meaning support one another. When one changes, the others remain.

That makes purpose more resilient. It also reflects how people actually live. We are rarely only one thing. We can be parents, friends, neighbors, learners, workers, volunteers, creators, mentors, gardeners, readers, travelers, and countless other things at the same time.Each role can answer the question "What am I here to do?" in a slightly different way.

Something Worth Getting Up For

Purpose does not have to be dramatic. Sometimes it is a person waiting to hear from us, or a garden that needs tending. Sometimes it is a book we want to finish, a skill we want to learn, a community we want to help, a story we want to preserve, or a project sitting half-completed on a workbench. What matters is that something draws us forward.

A meaningful life is not necessarily one built around a single extraordinary accomplishment. More often, it is built from many ordinary commitments that accumulate over years. We care for people.We learn, we make things, we help, preserve, participate and remaim  curious. And from those ordinary activities, something larger gradually emerges: the sense that our days are connected to things beyond the passing of time.

Purpose is not always something waiting somewhere to be discovered, very often, it is something we create by deciding what deserves our attention—and then continuing to care about it.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Put on your red/blue glasses and float next to the jagged and double-lobed nucleus of Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known as Comet 67P. The stereo anaglyph was created by combining two images from the Rosetta spacecraft's narrow angle OSIRIS camera taken on July 25, 2015 from a distance of 184 kilometers. Numerous jets are emanating from the small solar system world's active surface near its closest approach to the Sun. The larger lobe is around 4 kilometers in diameter, joined to a smaller, 2.5 kilometer diameter lobe by a narrow neck. Rosetta's mission to the comet ended in September 2016 when the spacecraft was commanded to a controlled impact with the comet's surface. Keep those 3D glasses on though. You can check out a catalog of nearly 1400 stereo anaglyphs created from Rosetta image data on this website.

Photo by ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS - Stereo Anaglyph: Philippe Lamy and The Team

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