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Hubble’s Observation of Comet 2I/Borisov in October 2019 — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Hubble’s Observation of Comet 2I/Borisov in October 2019

October 16, 2019 · ESA/Hubble

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On 12 October 2019, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observed Comet 2I/Borisov at a distance of approximately 420 million kilometres from Earth. The comet is believed to have arrived here from another planetary system elsewhere in our galaxy.