*NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured close-up images of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), revealing new details about its structure and composition.*

The images, taken on January 12 and 15, 2023, show the comet's bright nucleus, which is about the size of a football field, and its two tails: a blue ion tail and a white dust tail. The ion tail is created by the solar wind stripping away electrons from the comet's atmosphere, while the dust tail is made up of tiny particles of dust that are blown away from the nucleus by the solar radiation pressure.

Hubble's images also show a number of jets of gas and dust erupting from the comet's surface. These jets are thought to be caused by the sublimation of ice on the comet's surface, which turns into gas and dust as it is heated by the Sun.

The new images provide scientists with a wealth of new information about comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). They will help scientists to better understand the composition and structure of comets, and how they change as they approach the Sun.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was discovered in March 2022 by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory in California. The comet is currently making its closest approach to the Sun, and it will be visible to the naked eye from Earth for the next few months.