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    Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Unveils Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
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    Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Unveils Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze

    17 June, 2025
    Giant comet’s molecular activity and chemistry detected at record distance A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)—the largest and second-most distant active comet ever observed from the Oort Cloud. Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers observed this giant comet...

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    Press Releases Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Unveils Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze
    17 June, 2025

    Largest Oort Cloud Comet Ever Observed Unveils Its Secrets with ALMA’s Powerful Gaze

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