Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society

Hubble spots interstellar comet as it rounds sun

Post author By Alan Boyle
Post date December 12, 2019
No Comments on Hubble spots interstellar comet as it rounds sun

Comet 2I/Borisov appears as a bright dot within a haze of dust, with a distant spiral galaxy in the background of the Hubble Space Telescope image, taken on Nov. 16. The comet was about 203 million miles from Earth when the picture was taken. (NASA / ESA / UCLA / D. Jewitt)

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped the best images to date showing the interstellar comet known as 2I/Borisov, and one of the pictures shows a faraway spiral galaxy just off to the side.

Get the news brief on GeekWire.

Tags 2I/Borisov, Comets, Hubble Space Telescope, Interstellar, Space

By Alan Boyle

Mastermind of Cosmic Log, contributor to GeekWire and Universe Today, author of "The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference," past president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

View Archive

Share this:

By Alan Boyle

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Discover more from Cosmic Log