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Hubble snaps image of interstellar comet

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged Comet 2I/Borisov, believed to have originated in a planetary system far beyond our own.

The McNamara-Saunders Astronomical Teaching Telescope 2 will enable students in years 9 to 12 to explore the universe while learning about astronomy.

The federal government will invest $150 million into Australian businesses and technologies to support NASA’s lunar explorations.

Now is a good time of year to spot one of the Milky Way’s nearest neighbouring galaxies.

Two Aussies are among those awarded in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 competition.

350 million light-years from Earth, two galaxies have had a collision of cosmic proportions.