Hubble Catches a Glimpse of the Most Distant Active Comet Ever Seen

Behold C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS), or “K2" for short. At a jaw-dropping distance of 1.5 billion miles (2.4 billion km) from the Sun, it’s the farthest active inbound comet ever documented by astronomers.

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Source: Gizmodo – Hubble Catches a Glimpse of the Most Distant Active Comet Ever Seen