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Efficient-Ruin-4713 on September 5, 2025 8:43 pm A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system.
LordBledisloe on September 5, 2025 8:54 pm Im no scientist, but don’t all comet tails grow as they get closer to a star?
Underwater_Karma on September 5, 2025 9:04 pm Comet tails grow as they get closer to the sun. This isn’t news, and is taught to children in school
omeganon on September 5, 2025 9:11 pm At least it doesn’t cross Earth’s orbital path. Shades of Andromeda Strain 🙂
-Bk7 on September 5, 2025 10:31 pm How is it known to be interstellar? could it just not be some far out comet with a weird orbital path?
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A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system.
Im no scientist, but don’t all comet tails grow as they get closer to a star?
Comet tails grow as they get closer to the sun. This isn’t news, and is taught to children in school
At least it doesn’t cross Earth’s orbital path. Shades of Andromeda Strain 🙂
How is it known to be interstellar? could it just not be some far out comet with a weird orbital path?