The Hubble telescope confirms the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers

The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That’s bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.

(Image credit: Space Telescope Science Institute/Macau University of Science and Technology)




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Source: NPR Space News