Photo by Mark A. Philbrick
Treasure needs a map, vehicles need a manual, and, as it turns out, interstellar discoveries need a guidebook.
New research in Astrophysical Journal is acting as that guidebook to aid in the discovery of interstellar comets—comets from other solar systems. These “alien comets” are theorized to exist, but no one has actually found one yet. Observing them will uniquely help in understanding how planets are produced throughout the universe.
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