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Jose Gonzalez at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ©Eric Kozakiewicz/Interstellar Rodeo
Kurt Vile performing at the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on July 27, 2013.
©Eric Kozakiewicz/ Interstellar Rodeo
On my way home, after landing in my city and approaching my home for the first time in almost three years, the time seemed long enough, and the physical distance gradually turned into a spectrum of emotions, culminating in a serene, practically celestial moment on that foggy winter morning. These two other rickshaws reminded me that I am exactly like them, an interstellar passenger just traveling miles after miles for eons, centuries, or beyond. Rangpur City, Bangladesh
Ashish Das
After the 2017 detecton of 1I/'Oumuamua, comet 2I/Borisov has become the second recognized interstellar interloper. Like 'Oumuamua, Borisov's measured hyperbolic trajectory and speed as it falls toward the Sun confirm that its origin is from beyond our Solar System. But while detailed observations indicate 'Oumuamua is a rocky body with differences from known Solar System objects, Borisov is definitely a far wandering comet. Taken on October 12, 2019 this Hubble Space Telescope image of Borisov reveals a familiar looking comet-like activity and concentration of dust around around its nucleus. Not resolved in the image, some estimates suggest the nucleus could be between 2 and 16 kilometers in diameter. At the time of the Hubble image, comet 2I/Borisov was about 418 million kilometers away. Borisov is still inbound though and will make its closest approach to the Sun on December 7 at a distance of about 300 million kilometers (2 Astronomical units). via NASA ift.tt/2o0KwC4