NASA’s Hubble Telescope Spots Comet K1 Exploding Into Fragments
In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Comets
Topics: close, passed, November, fragments, break, (ATLAS), C/2025, comet, astronomers, stroke, Fragments, Exploding, Comet, Spots, Telescope, Hubble, NASA’s
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/science/comet-fragments-hubble-telescope.html