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Hubble catches best glimpse yet of interstellar interloper

December 15, 2019 Stephen Clark

A comet originating from outside our solar system has been imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope as it made its closest approach to the sun earlier this month.

Hubble observes interstellar visitor

October 16, 2019 Stephen Clark

The Hubble Space Telescope has returned an image of a comet that originated outside our solar system, providing astronomers with their best view yet of an interstellar visitor at a distance of 260 million miles from Earth.