{"id":430636,"date":"2022-04-12T22:56:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/massive-record-breaking-comet-is-hurtling-toward-earth\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T22:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:56:48","slug":"massive-record-breaking-comet-is-hurtling-toward-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/massive-record-breaking-comet-is-hurtling-toward-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"#Massive, record-breaking comet is hurtling toward Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e80a7731eb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e80a7731eb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/massive-record-breaking-comet-is-hurtling-toward-earth\/#%E2%80%9CMassive_record-breaking_comet_is_hurtling_toward_Earth%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Massive, record-breaking comet is hurtling toward Earth&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMassive_record-breaking_comet_is_hurtling_toward_Earth%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Massive, record-breaking comet is hurtling toward Earth&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The largest comet ever recorded has Earth in its sights.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t worry: It won\u2019t lead to an extinction-level event.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring an estimated 80 miles across, its icy core is 50 times larger than that of any known comets in history, while its mass \u2014 about 500 trillion tons \u2014 is still 100,000 times more massive than our typical passing comets, according to new findings published Wednesday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2041-8213\/ac626a\/meta\">in the Astrophysical Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Intimidatingly described by one researcher as \u201cbig\u201d and \u201cblacker than coal,\u201d the comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein (C\/2014 UN271) has spent the past million years hurtling 22,000 miles per hour towards the center of our solar system and is expected to reach just short of Saturn\u2019s orbit by 2031.<\/p>\n<p>However, the record-breaking Bernardinelli-Bernstein is projected to slingshot back towards the Oort Cloud \u2014 where it originally hails from \u2014 before it reaches Saturn, scientists assure. <\/p>\n<p>The comet made its grand debut in November 2010, when it was still about 3 billion miles from the sun, or about the distance to Neptune. Considering the way it lit up telescopes even then researchers knew it was big, but a new study has revealed a clearer picture of just how enormous Bernardinelli-Bernstein really is, thanks to images provided by NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope and the ALMA telescope in Chile.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/comet-Bernardinelli\u2013Bernstein-99.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"comet C\/2014 UN271 \" class=\"wp-image-21874169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/comet-Bernardinelli\u2013Bernstein-99.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/comet-Bernardinelli\u2013Bernstein-99.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/comet-Bernardinelli\u2013Bernstein-99.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new findings published in the Astrophysical Journal provide a clearer picture of the size of the icy nucleus of C\/2014 UN271, the comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Man-To Hui et al 2022 ApJL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bernardinelli-Bernstein is a billions-of-years-old relic from the chaotic origins of our solar system. Scientists believe it holds clues to the mysterious region of space far beyond Pluto, some <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/the-oort-cloud-home-of-the-icy-giants\">4.6 trillion miles from the sun<\/a>. Comets of the Oort Cloud are also believed to have been formed much close to our sun before getting thrown out to the far reaches of our solar system \u2014 bound for eternity to feel the pull of their former home.\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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But don\u2019t worry: It won\u2019t lead to an extinction-level event. Measuring an estimated 80 miles across, its icy core is 50 times larger than that of any known comets in history, while its mass \u2014 about 500 trillion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/comet-Bernardinelli\u2013Bernstein-999.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[127901,120348,72694,5019],"class_list":["post-430636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-12-22","tag-comets","tag-solar-system","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}