Comets are “dirty snowballs” left over from the birth of the Solar System. When one swings close to the Sun, its ice turns to gas and it grows a glowing head and tails millions of kilometres long. And recently, astronomers have spotted visitors from other star systems racing through our neighbourhood!
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01Halley’s CometComet · Returns every ~76 years
02Comet 67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet · The rubber duck
03Comet Hale–BoppComet · The Great Comet of 1997
04ʻOumuamuaInterstellar object · First visitor from another star
053I/ATLASInterstellar comet · The third visitor
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