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Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) seemed to be sizable enough to survive the passage and achieve significant brightness, but it did not. Hopefully we have better luck with the next sungrazer.
Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.
Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun today (Oct. 28) in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft.
A recently discovered comet will be blazing by the Earth in broad daylight just in time for Halloween, astronomers say. Comet C/2024 S1, first found at the end of September, is going to do a pass ...
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS), nicknamed the "Halloween comet," disintegrated on Monday during its closest approach of the sun. An ESA and NASA project captured the comet's final moments.
Newfound comet C/2024 S1 will light up Earth's skies in late October before a super close slingshot around the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...
Caught early as it was approaching the Sun, astronomers hoped C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) might become a naked-eye comet. But it didn’t make the grade.
Nicknamed the “Halloween comet,” Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) evaporated during its flyby of the sun on Monday morning. An ESA and NASA telescope captured its demise.
Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more. On Monday (Oct. 28), the comet evaporated as it was heading toward perihelion, the closest point to the sun in its orbit.