4 billion-year-old Comet with heart ‘blacker than coal’ heading towards Earth, know more - The interstellar BB comet is so huge that it was earlier mistaken to be a dwarf planet.
NASA astronomers have just confirmed the size of the new largest comet to be ever seen by humanity. Say hello to C/2014 UN271, more commonly known as the Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet.
Astronomers officially hailed Bernardinelli-Bernstein as the biggest comet ever observed, hitting a new record after it was identified in 2021.
According to recent observations, the 85-mile-wide comet is winging its way toward the interior of the solar system, but will remain outside Saturn's orbit.
Somewhere out there amongst the stars floats the Bernardinelli-Bernstein Comet, the biggest such object researchers have ever set their eyes on. The behemoth which has an official name of C/2014 UN271 is the subject of a new study that has been accepted for publication in Astronomy and [.]