A huge 11 mile-wide chunk of ice which was the furthest-out active comet ever spotted in our solar system is hurtling towards Earth and will make its closest pass next week.

The comet, known as C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) or K2, has traveled for up to three million years from the distant Oort cloud at the edge of the solar system.

Spotted in 2017 by the Hubble Space Telescope, it will make its closest approach to planet Earth on July 14 and closest approach to the Sun this December.

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The comet is now visible in small telescopes.

The comet, called C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) or “K2”, has been traveling for millions of years from its home in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system, where the temperature is about -262C.

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