Ancient Comet—80 Miles Across—Traveling Our Way Comes From The Oort Cloud
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Oort Cloud research and discovered objects Scientists’ current understanding of the population of the Oort Cloud is based on a…
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein
Massive Space Rock Heading Our Way Looks More Like a Minor Planet Than Comet
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Comet C/2014 UN 271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) was discovered last summer by Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein as part of a search…
Largest Comet Ever Found Shows Unexpected Signs of Activity
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Astronomers using the TESS and NEOWISE space telescopes were able to determine the main parameters of the activity of the…
Massive Comet Heading Our Way Likely Larger Than Mars’ Moons
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Astronomers have determined that the diameter of the nucleus of C / 2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) from the Oort cloud is…