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"This diagram compares the size of the icy, solid nucleus of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) to several other comets. The majority of comet nuclei observed are smaller than Halley’s comet. They are typically a mile across or less."

ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Zena Levy (STScI), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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