81P/Wild 2 — comet, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.
The comet we brought home: Stardust flew through its coma in 2004, caught the dust in aerogel, and parachuted the first-ever comet samples back to Earth.
Cosmoscope puts 81P/Wild 2 at its true position in the solar system, computed from JPL-derived ephemeris and updated continuously. Open the live 3D view to see, in real time, how far 81P/Wild 2 is from the Sun and from Earth right now, how many minutes or hours light takes to cross that gap, and how fast it is moving along its orbit. Scrub the timeline to place 81P/Wild 2 where it was on any past date, or where it will be years from now.