Comet 2I/Borisov and Distant Galaxy in November 2019 (IMAGE)

ESA/Hubble Information Centre

Comet 2I/Borisov and Distant Galaxy in November 2019

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Comet 2I/Borisov is only the second interstellar object known to have passed through our Solar System. In this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the comet appears in front of a distant background spiral galaxy.

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NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)

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