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It's heading our way! NASA confirms largest comet ever has been detected
It is around 500 trillion tonnes in weight and 137km wide

It's heading our way! NASA confirms largest comet ever has been detected

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NASA's Hubble telescope has determined that a comet, which has a mass of around 500 trillion tonnes and is 137km wide,
is heading our way at about 35.405 km per hour.

However, we shouldn't be worried as the closest it will get is more than a billion kilometres from the sun, and that won't be
until 2031, although it will be visible from our planet.

The aforementioned comet was first spotted back in 2010, but now Hubble has confirmed its size and it is bigger than any
comet astronomers have seen before.

"We've always suspected this comet had to be big because it is so bright at such a large distance," stressed David Jewitt, a
professor of planetary science and astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"Now we confirm it is. This comet is literally the tip of the iceberg for many thousands of comets that are too faint to see in
the more distant parts of the solar system."

How did this comet get into the Solar System?

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According to a statement from the space agency, the comet was discovered by astronomers Pedro Bernardinelli and Gary
Bernstein in archival images from the Dark Energy Survey at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The
comets are described by NASA as icy, planetary "Lego blocks".

"They were unceremoniously tossed out of the Solar System in a gravitational pinball game among the massive outer
planets," read NASA's statement.

"The kicked-out comets took up residence in the Oort Cloud, a vast reservoir of far-flung comets encircling the Solar
System."

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Man-To Hui, of the Macau University of Science and Technology, stressed that they "guessed the comet might be pretty big,
but we needed the best data to confirm this."

"This is an amazing object, given how active it is when it's still so far from the sun," he added.

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Ukraine's richest man committed to rebuilding the devastated city of Mariupol
The billionaire has not yet set a date to start rebuilding

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Rinat Akhmetov is Ukraine's richest man and the one who Related
has claimed that with his company he will rebuild the
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Mariupol is an example of heroism court appearance

Akhmetov is known for his successful steelwork companies

two of them which are in the city of Mariupol, however the current climate in the country has damaged his empire because
this has been going on for about eight years, however he is confident that the soldiers in Ukraine will defend the city,

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however judging by the pictures shared in multiple outlets, some may say it looks like a wasteland because of the constant
bombardment by the Russian army.

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Rinat Akhmetov needs to pay debts first before committing rebuilding

Rinat has mentioned that he is yet to set a date to start rebuilding because he needs to make sure he can pay off the debts
of the companies that he runs.

"Mariupol is a global tragedy and a global example of heroism. For me, Mariupol has been and will always be a Ukrainian
city, "I believe that our brave soldiers will defend the city, though I understand how difficult and hard it is for them "
Akhmetov mentioned to Reuters

Metinvest the international steel and mining group said that they refuse to operate under Russian occupation and that the
Mariupol attacks have singlehandedly paralyzed a vast portion of Ukraine's metallurgy production

He shows adminration for the president

Akhmetov admires President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's passion and professionalism, in the response to the war, regardless that
last year there were plans to overthrow his government and tried to associate the billionaire with the coup, an association
which he clearly stated was an absolute lie.

Mariupol is a global tragedy and a global example of heroism. For me, Mariupol has been and will always
be a Ukrainian city, I believe that our brave soldiers will defend the city, though I understand how difficult
and hard it is for them”
Rinat Akhmetov

From an undisclosed location, he also stated that this is a time for unity and planning to rebuild
their beloved country.

"My ambition is to return to a Ukrainian Mariupol and implement our (new production) plans so that Mariupol-produced steel
can compete in global markets as before." he stated.

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