Hubble's New Image of Interstellar Object (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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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, 2019, is the sharpest ever view of the comet. Hubble reveals a central concentration of dust around the solid icy nucleus.

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JG9x6tkf8mg

Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13341

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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