1st Color Photo of Interstellar Comet Reveals Its Fuzzy Tail

  • 5 years ago
The colored image allowed astronomers to spot a comet tail, which is the product of gases flowing off its surface. This tail is unique among the suspected interstellar visitors to our solar system. Of course, there have only been two such guests so far — this comet, named Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), and 'Oumuamua, which is a long asteroid or space rock with no obvious gases flowing from its surface.

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