18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
... an endeavour would be 2030. 2030 doesn’t seem such an unrealistic target, but it relies on SLS being ready on time. If C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) had been spotted earlier, something that new facilities like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST...
13 September 2019
Newly discovered comet could be our second interstellar visitor
... the newly found comet’s orbit can be described as hyperbolic. This highly eccentric/hyperbolic orbit is what gives C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) away as being a would-be interstellar visitor rather than a local inhabitant of the Solar System knocked off its...
