{"id":119916,"date":"2024-10-30T03:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119916"},"modified":"2024-10-30T03:53:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T20:53:45","slug":"halloween-comet-breaks-apart-after-flying-close-to-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119916","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Halloween comet&#8217; breaks apart after flying close to the 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<p>A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls. <\/p>\n<p>NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet Atlas broke into chunks this week as it passed close to the sun. <\/p>\n<p>Astronomers have been tracking the so-called Halloween comet, also known as C\/2024 S1, since it was discovered in September by a telescope in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>As it raced toward the sun, a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise. <\/p>\n<p>The comet is thought to be part of a family of comets that pass incredibly close to the sun. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group. 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