Megacomet! HUGE comet found in solar system; is it dangerous to Earth? - HT Tech

This comet has been dubbed as the largest comet that man has seen.

And the monster comet is heading nearer to the Sun - our solar system.

The problem is the size of the comet which has been described as being bigger than a moon of Mars.

The megacomet was first discovered by 2 astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary Bernstein who are from the University of Pennsylvania and the comet was named after them as Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein aka Comet C/2014 UN271.

They had found the comet data via the Dark Energy Survey (DES) that was ongoing at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

So, even as the work was going on to understand dark energy, this comet came onto their horizon, so to speak.

However, subsequent tests confirmed that the comet actually existed in reality.

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein size: The mega comet was initially estimated at over 200 km wide, but the size is now understood to be above 150 km wide.

In fact, CNet says it is bigger than both the moons, Phobos and Deimos laid together.

In fact, it would still be double their total size?

When will comet come nearest to us.

This comet will travel through the solar system and be the nearest to our Sun and the Earth in the year 2031?

Can comet collide with Earth.

A report in Cornell University (astro-ph.EP) says, "...Comet incoming from the Oort cloud which is remarkable in having the brightest (and presumably largest) nucleus of any well-measured comet.".

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C/2014 UN271): Highlights.

This is a pristine new comet.