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- “We have the privilege of having discovered perhaps the largest comet ever seen.”
- It has not visited the solar system in more than 3 million years.
- People here on Earth will likely need to rely on telescopes to capture photographs of it.
This is a big one.
A giant comet – which scientists say is arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times – is on its way toward the sun and will make its closest approach to Earthin 2031.
“We have the privilege of having discovered perhaps the largest comet ever seen – or at least larger than any well-studied one – and caught it early enough for people to watch it evolve as it approaches and warms up,” said University of Pennsylvania astronomerGary Bernstein, a co-discoverer of the object.
It is the most distant comet to be discovered on its…
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