A mega comet has entered our solar system. Named 2014 UN271, the object will approach the Sun and reach Saturn’s orbit in 2031.
It is estimated to be 100 to 370 km wide, and this object is larger than the typical feature of a comet, making it more likely to be a dwarf planet.
This illustration shows the distant Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein as it might look in the outer Solar System. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It has an extremely elongated orbit, journeying inward from the distant Oort Cloud over millions of years. It is the most distant comet to be discovered on its incoming path.
The "flash" of the impact was large enough to be seen through the telescope from Earth.The size of Jupiter's Great Red Spot is 16,350 km (April 2017). This spot is 1.3 times the size of Earth's.There are other spots on...
In the 1960s, while the United States was constantly trying to touch the moon, the Cold War pushed the Soviet Union to touch Venus. Of the 28 probes they sent in succession, only 13 penetrated the atmosphere of Venus, and...
Scientists have warned that the asteroid Bennu, which is expected to hit Earth in 2135, will not be a challenge to Earth. Bennu was at the top of the list of asteroids capable of crossing the Earth in close range....
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