{"id":119910,"date":"2024-10-30T03:31:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119910"},"modified":"2024-10-30T03:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:31:48","slug":"see-it-halloween-comet-vaporized-after-flying-into-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119910","title":{"rendered":"See it: &#8216;Halloween&#8217; comet vaporized after flying into Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A once-in-80,000-year sight made its closest approach to Earth this weekend, and a stunning video recorded in California shows Comet C\/2023 A3 streaking across the night sky.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European<\/a> spacecraft watched as a newly discovered comet dubbed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Halloween<\/a> comet&#8221; met its demise after its close approach to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to NASA, the SOHO spacecraft captured the video below of comet C\/2024 S1 ATLAS darting toward the Sun. It reached its closest approach to the Sun, known as perihelion, on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/288\/162\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/576\/324\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/720\/405\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1440\/810\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1336\/752\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/668\/376\/gifcomet.gif?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"NASA's SOHO spacecraft shows C\/2024 S1 ATLAS (entering from bottom right) moving toward the Sun.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">NASA&#8217;s SOHO spacecraft shows C\/2024 S1 ATLAS (entering from bottom right) moving toward the Sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NASA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Not to be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-still-visible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas<\/a>, which has wowed skygazers throughout October, C\/2024 S1 was only recently discovered by an observatory in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hawaii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawaii<\/a> on Sept. 27. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">However, we hardly knew this comet before it was gone. As it approached the Sun, the comet began breaking up into pieces, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;This comet was likely already a rubble pile by the time it entered SOHO\u2019s field of view,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> Naval Research Laboratory&#8217;s Karl Battams, the lead for NASA\u2019s Sungrazer Project.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Sungrazer Project is a NASA-funded program, based at\u00a0the the Solar Physics Department of the\u00a0U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, studying comets that get extremely close to the Sun, helping better our understanding of comet orbits, composition and evolution. Citizen scientists can contribute to the project and have helped find more than 5,000 comets since the project was founded in 1995, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Scientists called this comet a true &#8220;sungrazer&#8221; because it passed within 1% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/earth-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth<\/a>&#8216;s distance to the Sun.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Comet C\/2024 S1 ATLAS &#8220;has been completely vaporized as a result,&#8221; NASA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/halloween-comet-vaporized-sun-after-close-approach\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A once-in-80,000-year sight made its closest approach to Earth this weekend, and a stunning video recorded in California shows Comet C\/2023 A3 streaking across the night sky. A NASA and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119910\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}