How the second known interstellar visitor makes ‘Oumuamua seem even odder
New observations show that 2I/Borisov looks like a comet, just what astronomers expected
![2I/Borisov](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/101019_mt_borisov_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
The second mysterious interstellar object found zipping through the solar system, 2I/Borisov, looks like a run-of-the-mill comet. That stands in stark contrast to the first known interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua (illustrated).
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