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Huge Oort Cloud object has been spotted entering the outer solar system

24 Jun 2021
The Dark Energy Camera
Comet spotter: the object was first observed in data taken by the Dark Energy Camera in Chile, which was used for the Dark Energy Survey. (Courtesy: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab)
Astronomers sifting through data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) have spotted a large Oort Cloud o

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