Borisov

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• The authors conclude that Borisov is perhaps one of the most pristine objects ever detected.

  Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong. | Neel Patel | March 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review

• So the authors think similar conditions may have given rise to both Borisov and Hale-Bopp, in two different star systems.

  Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong. | Neel Patel | March 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review

• The similarities between Borisov and Hale-Bopp, along with evidence that both comets’ star systems experienced gravitational stirring, suggests that the evolution of our solar system is perhaps not as unique as we might have thought.

  Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong. | Neel Patel | March 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review

• The new data, collected by the Very Large Telescope based in Chile, tells us that the light reflected from Borisov and filtered through its coma is more polarized than the light from any other object that we’ve studied in the solar system.

  Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong. | Neel Patel | March 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review

• According to these observations, Borisov’s coma consists of compact, millimeter-size grains—pebbles that are unusually large for a comet.

  Astronomers thought comet Borisov was pretty boring. They were wrong. | Neel Patel | March 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review