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Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, the largest comet in history, was discovered by Pedro Bernardinelli who received his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Penn in 2021 and professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Gary Bernstein. (Photo from Department of Physics and Astronomy)