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2022-04-13 18:27:31 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Comet C/2014 UN271 is not a hazard to Earth, as this headline implies. It will not enter the inner solar system at all; at its closest approach in 2031, it will still be outside the orbit of Saturn. Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/hubble-confirms-largest-comet-nucleus-ever-seen

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• Comet C/2014 UN271 is not a hazard to Earth, as this headline implies. It will not enter the inner solar system at all; at its closest approach in 2031, it will still be outside the orbit of Saturn. Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/hubble-confirms-largest-comet-nucleus-ever-seen