Comet Atlas Travelling Close Into Sun Captured By Spacecraft

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Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) has met its demise after traveling too close the sun. Imagers aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the its fateful dive.

Credit: Space.com | ESA/NASA SOHO | edited by Steve Spaleta
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