A Comet From Another Star Hints That Our Solar System Isn't One-Of-A-Kind

The comet 2I/Borisov as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on October 12. Borisov will swing by the sun and then head back into deep space.

The comet, 2I/Borisov, looks surprisingly like comets closer to home. It’s a sign that the processes that formed the sun and planets are at work elsewhere in the universe.

(Image credit: NASA, ESA and D. Jewitt (UCLA))




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Source: NPR Space News