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Sometimes You Get Lucky, Just Like the Hubble Did When It Caught This Comet Disintegrating
A team of astronomers were fortunate when their original comet target couldn't be observed with the Hubble. They quickly pivoted to a different target, and caught Comet K1 in the process of breaking apart. This gave them an excellent opportunity to learn more about the doomed object.
Just because the actual observation target could not be targeted, Hubble photographed another comet – with spectacular results.
Comet suddenly splits into pieces near the Sun, Hubble captures it all
New Delhi: The Hubble Space Telescope has caught something rare, and honestly, a bit dramatic. A comet named Comet C/2025 K1 suddenly broke apart into multiple pieces, right when astronomers were not even planning to study it. The findings were published in the journal Icarus, and scientists say this kind of timing almost never happens. Series of images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of the fragmenting comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) | NASA, ESA, De…
NASA and ESA have just published new and striking images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope: one sees a comet fragmenting into three distinct parts as the latter moves away from the Sun. The observation, detailed in a study published in the magazine Icarus, is precious ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (link App Store) The Hubble article records…
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