New visitor to solar system sends shiver down spine of Belfast scientist in team studying it

Astronomers have captured images of a new visitor to our solar system - the first known comet or asteroid to visit us from another star.

New visitor to solar system sends shiver down spine of Belfast scientist in team studying it

Astronomers have captured images of a new visitor to our solar system - the first known comet or asteroid to visit us from another star.

The Queen's University Belfast scientist, who is part of an international team studying the object, said it "sends a shiver down the spine" to look at it and to think of where it has come from.

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