A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...
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Comet Atlas Travelling Close Into Sun Captured By SpacecraftComet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) has met its demise after traveling too close the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the its fateful dive.
It’s been a busy few weeks for astrophotographers. Not only has the ongoing planet parade been delighting stargazers, but from mid to late January, Comet G3 (ATLAS) could be seen streaking across ...
As an exceptionally long period (around 180,000 years) comet due to its highly elongated orbit, C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) likely came from the Oort Cloud, a sphere of comets around the solar system.
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