interstellar object

Water Detected in Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov 2
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2019
Astronomers have detected the signature of vaporized water in the coma of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, also known as C/2019 Q4.

By David Aragorn
Interstellar Comet Borisov is surprisingly familiar in latest Hubble pics 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 18, 2019
Wednesday, October 16th 2019, 5:00 pm – Hubble zooms in on our latest intersellar visitor

By David Aragorn
Visiting interstellar comet is caught on camera 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 17, 2019
Astronomers have revealed that comet 2I/Borisov is remarkably similar to comets from our own solar system.

By David Aragorn
How the second known interstellar visitor makes ‘Oumuamua seem even odder 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 15, 2019
New observations show that 2I/Borisov looks like a comet, just what astronomers expected

By David Aragorn
Confirmed: Comet Borisov Is Another Interstellar Visitor 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 26, 2019
The first-ever comet from beyond our solar system, as imaged by the Gemini Observatory. The image of the newly discovered object, named 2I/Borisov, was taken on the night of Sept. 9-10, 2019 using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Gemini North Telescope from Hawaii’s Mauna Kea

By David Aragorn
First picture of interstellar comet ‘Borisov’ screaming through our solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 17, 2019
The alien space rock has a pronounced tail and a hyperbolic path, suggesting it comes from beyond our solar system

By David Aragorn
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 4, 2019
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.

By David Aragorn
First Meteor of Interstellar Origin Discovered by Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2019
The first meteor of interstellar origin has been discovered by scientists in the U.S., after a Harvard professor earlier found that an object seen over Papua New Guinea in 2014 likely came from a region of space beyond our solar system.

By David Aragorn
Oumuamua: First alien object to visit our solar system is wrapped in strange organic coat, scientists reveal 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 22, 2017
‘It was the opposite of what I was expecting we might see’

By David Aragorn
Solar System’s First Interstellar Visitor Dazzles Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2017
Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through the solar system on a steep trajectory from interstellar space—the first confirmed object from another star.

By David Aragorn