Coverage dated April 11, 2022 to April 13, 2022

Hubble telescope finds largest comet ever discovered — and it's bigger than Rhode Island

Headline from CBS News, on the newest of 2 developments

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

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Apr 12, 2022
NASA spots biggest comet ever—500 trillion ton ice ball headed this way
Headline from Newsweek ·
Apr 13, 2022Newest
Hubble telescope finds largest comet ever discovered — and it's bigger than Rhode Island
Headline from CBS News ·

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16 articles, oldest first.

Forbes
Hubble Reveals The New ‘Mega Comet’ Now In Our Solar System Is 80 Miles Wide, 50 Times Bigger Than Ever Seen Say Scientists (opens Forbes)
Published Apr 11, 2022
Forbes's feed description
The mega-comet first spotted in 2021 is the largest ever seen according to observations by scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope.
Newsweek
NASA spots biggest comet ever—500 trillion ton ice ball headed this way (opens Newsweek)
Published Apr 11, 2022
Newsweek's feed description
The comet, thought to be 80 miles across, has been sized up by the Hubble Space Telescope despite being a staggering 2 billion miles away.
Park Rapids Enterprise
Astro Bob: Hubble confirms giant comet nucleus, biggest ever seen (opens Park Rapids Enterprise)
Published Apr 12, 2022
Park Rapids Enterprise's feed description
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.
Science Alert
NASA Just Confirmed The Largest Comet Ever Detected, And It's Truly Gargantuan (opens Science Alert)
Published Apr 12, 2022
Science Alert's feed description
The largest comet ever discovered has been traveling towards the Sun for over 1 million years, and its gigantic scale shines a light on the mysterious objects that make up one of the biggest structures in our Solar System.
Science News
This is the biggest known comet in our solar system (opens Science News)
Published Apr 12, 2022
Science News's feed description
The nucleus of comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is about 120 kilometers across — about twice the width of Rhode Island — and is darker than coal.
Delaware Public Media
The Hubble telescope confirms the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers (opens Delaware Public Media)
Published Apr 12, 2022
Delaware Public Media's feed description
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.
The Hill
NASA spots largest comet ever seen by astronomers (opens The Hill)
Published Apr 12, 2022
The Hill's feed description
Story at a glance NASA discovered the largest icy comet ever seen by astronomers. It’s estimated to be larger than the state of Rhode Island. The comet has been traveling at 22,00…
CBS News
Hubble telescope finds largest comet ever discovered — and it's bigger than Rhode Island (opens CBS News)
Published Apr 13, 2022
CBS News's feed description
The comet is bigger than Rhode Island and could be "as big as 85 miles across," according to NASA.
KHOU Houston
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirms largest comet ever seen (opens KHOU Houston)
Published Apr 13, 2022
KHOU Houston's feed description
"Its nucleus is bigger than Rhode Island," according to NASA.
NBC News
4 billion-year-old comet, largest ever seen, set to pass through our solar system (opens NBC News)
Published Apr 13, 2022
NBC News's feed description
The solid center is more than twice the width of Rhode Island.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.