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This cosmic wanderer from beyond our solar system may have been traveling for billions of years before astronomers spotted it.

Watch now to discover what this ancient visitor reveals about our galaxy's history and why scientists are racing to study it before its close encounter with the Sun in 2025!

For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer

Music Credit:
\"God is in the Wind\" by Yat Fung Wong [CASH] via Universal Publishing Production Music Asia [CASH] and Universal Production Music

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Milky Way Timelapse via Pond5

Comet Grazing the Sun (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Exocomets in Solar System
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger

Comets orbiting White Dwarf Star
ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser

Oumuamua Image
ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser
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