Is 'Oumuamua an Interstellar Asteroid or Comet?

The DART mission will deploy a kinetic impactor to smack the small moon Dimorphos of the asteroid Didymos on the evening of Sept. 26. This is an on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection, a key test of NASA Sound“The Beauty Beyond” by Jeremy Noel William Abbott [PRS] and Vasco [PRS] via Freshworx Music Limited [PRS] and Universal Production Music || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever found. And, it’s big! With a diameter of approximately 80 miles across, it’s about 50 times larger than typical comets. Its 500-trillion-ton mass is a hundred thousand times greater than the average comet.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music Credits: “Ash Cloud” by Samuel Sim [PRS] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS] and Universal Production MusicAdditional Credits:Pop Sound Effects by erhnbcc via Motion ArrayIllustration of comet by NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine) || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are orbiting the Sun alongside Jupiter. This is the first time a comet-like object has been spotted near the Trojan population.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Visualizations:Jupiter orbit with Trojan Asteroids: Kel ElkinsJupiter orbit with Trojan Asteroids: Ernie WrightKupier Belt Visualization: Scott WiessingerJupiter’s Wake Visualization: Dan GallagherMusic Credits: by Axel Tenner [GEMA], Michael Schluecker [GEMA], and Raphael Schalz [GEMA] via Ed.Berlin Production Music / Universal Production Music GmbH [GEMA] and Universal Production Music. || Master VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Social Media VersionThis version of the video designed for Facebook, Twitter, or any other platform where you want to display a full-length version of the video. || Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

Quick link to canned interview with Dr, Jennifer WisemanQuick link to canned interview with Dr. Ken CarpenterClick here for full feature about Hubble s view of comet 2I/Borisov.For more Hubble news follow us on social media:Twitter @NASAHubble Facebook NASA Hubble And Instagram look for nasa hubble || Canned interview with Dr. Jennifer Wiseman, Hubble Senior Scientist. Answers are separated by a slate. TRT 3:43 || Canned interview with Dr. Ken Carpenter, NASA scientist. Answers separated by a slate. TRT 2:22

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their best look yet at an interstellar visitor – Comet 2I/Borisov – whose speed and trajectory indicates it is from outside of our Solar System.This Hubble image, taken on October 12, is the sharpest ever view of the comet. Hubble reveals a central concentration of dust around the solid icy nucleus. For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.Music Credits: by Francois Vey [ SACEM ] Universal Production Music || Master versionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. || Square versionThis is a square 1:1 version of the video designed for Facebook or any other platform where you want to display a full-length square version of the video. || Vertical versionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed.

Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Music credit: re seeing it so far away, past the orbit of Saturn, K2 is still in its early phase of activity, likely making it the most primitive comet anyone has ever seen.Read the web story on nasa.gov.Download the Hubble images on HubbleSite.org.Read the science paper here.