Is interstellar Comet Borisov breaking apart as it leaves our solar system?

It's tough being in a new environment, even for comets. According to recent observations, interstellar Comet Borisov may be having outbursts triggered by flying past our sun.

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More (albeit weak) validation of the interstellar object hypothesis. ""For Solar System comets, it is known that dynamically new comets are 10 times more likely to disintegrate than short-period comets, presumably due to their pristine state and weaker structural strength," wrote researchers led by Quanzhi Ye from the University of Maryland last year."

[ https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-comet-2i-borisov-seems-to-have-come-here-only-to-die ]
 

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