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NASA's Hubble telescope has determined that a comet, which has a mass of around 500 trillion tonnes and is 137km wide, is heading our way at about 35.405 km per hour. However,

Hubble has confirmed the size of comet C/2014 UN271, first observed in 2010 by astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein. Researchers Man-To Hui and David Jewitt developed a computer model to use Hubble imaging to confirm the size of the comet's nucleus as nearly 130 km (over 80 mi).

Comet C/2014 UN271, also known as Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein or BB, is the biggest comet yet, as confirmed by new Hubble images.

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected the largest known comet to date — its about 50 times larger than usual.

The icy object is larger than the state of Rhode Island and weighs an estimated 500 trillion tons

The giant comet that NASA found last year is even bigger than we thought it is. It could change our understanding of the Oort Cloud.

The comet is bigger than Rhode Island and could be "as big as 85 miles across," according to NASA.

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.

At approximately 80 miles across the core of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. We also have an aurora alert for Weds. night April 13.

Scientists from UCLA recently measured the largest comet astronomers have ever seen using NASA's Hubble Space telescope. Comet C/2014 UN271 is between 80 and 85...