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164-Hubble’s New Image of Interstellar Object

March 26

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor – Comet 2I/Borisov – whose speed and trajectory indicates it is from outside of our solar system.

This Hubble image, taken on Oct. 12, is the sharpest ever view of the comet. Hubble reveals a central concentration of dust around the solid icy nucleus.

 

 

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  • Date: March 26