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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

  • Written by James Wray, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objectsView of the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet on Sept. 30, 2024, from Monfrague National Park in Spain.Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images

The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space.

The spherical shell known as the Oort...

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