The Giant Comet That Fooled Scientists — Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein

This isn't your average comet.
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is so massive, it was once mistaken for a planet.
Discovered in 2021 from 2014 data, it's rewriting what we know about our solar system.

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Image: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)
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