Hubble's New Image Of Interstellar Object

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 October 12, is the sharpest ever view of the comet. Hubble reveals a central concentration of dust around the solid icy nucleus.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul R. Morris (USRA): Lead Producer

Music Credits: "Solar Pilgrims" by Francois Vey [ SACEM ] Universal Production Music



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[HannibalTheC]

It would be fascinating to send a probe to an objekt like this and bring sampels back. Material from another solar system. Just crazy...

[peterdalton]

I would be interesting to place a probe on an interstellar object, much like a tag on a sea mammal, so as to track and study the path and migration of objects like this thru the galaxy and our solar system.

[Calaban]

Lets just hope it wasnt a "warning shot across our Bow"

[vimalramachandran]

The Vera C. Rubin observatory (LSST) may spot many interstellar bodies in the near future.

[bjtwuk]

190-million miles is the closest this comet will get to us? That's approximately twice as far away as our sun. I guess I don't have to worry about it crashing nearby and ruining my day.

[mariadaluzmoutinho]

Como os astrónomos amadores dão também um contributo bastante na descoberta cósmica! O Hubble encarregou-se de dar veracidade do cometa visitante e que vem de outro lado!! Falta saber de Onde??

[FelipeKana]

Oh boy.
It looks like 2020 was supposed to be the Mayan 2012 all along. Those guys must've messed the math.
not only we're having an catastrophic year, in December we'll have a big eclipse in south america, near the passing of this "visitor".

[doxielain]

It's moving fast enough to go from the earth to the moon in about 2 hours. Eep!

[SENSEscience]

What is the apparent magnitude and constellation where we can see it?

[Imrankhan-djcl]

I think Oumuamua was an alien ship and it came to discover everything about our world

[adrianmanzo]

Genial ¿Que tanto podremos aprender de este cometa?

[KurtElliott]

Some meteors are going 140, 000 miles per hour!

[ramizibrahim]

Hubble is really a great invention..🔭
Why is it named Borisov/21..??

[nightlightabcd]

I question if it is of another solar system when it apparently has the same materials and composition as our own solar system!

[christiangarcia]

Damn y’all, the bugs are sending their first comet, why y’all think that we have the space force?🤣💀they really getting ready to send up to fight bugs.