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New sungrazing comet could shine in daytime if the sun spares it
A newly spotted comet is racing toward a perilously close encounter with the Sun, promising either a spectacular daytime ...
The newly discovered sungrazing comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will undergo an extremely close slingshot around our star in early ...
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Astronomers spot a new sungrazer comet — could it be bright enough to see in daylight this spring?
Learn about a new Kreutz sungrazing comet that could be lighting up our skies come April 2026.
This twist — that 3I/ATLAS' outer layers have been baked by the sun — does not derail our mission. It just makes the science ...
Italian astronomers captured rare footage of Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS tearing itself apart in real-time. The comet's October 8 solar pass vaporized subsurface ice, creating gas pressure that cracked the ...
A comet, dubbed C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), spectacularly broke apart into three huge chunks — and anybody with an eight-inch telescope or bigger can catch the resulting fireworks show for the next several ...
The images show the comet's core breaking apart into three or possibly four fragments. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) caught fragmenting by the 1.82 m Copernicus telescope at the Asiago ...
New images show that comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has fragmented after passing its closest point to the sun, ahead of its close approach to Earth later this month. This is not the interstellar comet ...
Despite some similarities and speculation, the new comet likely originated from our solar system's Oort Cloud and is not directly connected to 3I/ATLAS. The comet will make its closest approach to ...
Now that we’ve passed Halloween and moved into November, comet-watchers expect that Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will fade. But we really can’t tell right now because the bright Moon is spreading so much ...
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