Interstellar comet will pass close to Earth this weekend

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Interstellar comet will pass close to Earth this weekend

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Interstellar comet will pass close to Earth this weekend

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/world/in ... index.html

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Astronomers have captured the best and closest image to date of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, a visitor that originated from outside of our solar system and is currently passing through.
This is only the second interstellar object to cross into our solar system after 'Oumuamua in 2017.
On Sunday, the comet will pass within 190 million miles of Earth on its closest approach before continuing on through our solar system. As it gets closer to Earth, the icy comet is shedding more gas and dust through its tail through evaporation.
The latest image of the comet.

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Wow, vs OwO if it was gonna be a direct hit on us, LOL. They say there is lots of debris like planets, dwarf stars and whatever flung around in every direction too. Im glad others have such good cameras, but i could spend my whole life looking out the windows.
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