Hubble Documents a Comet's Breakup, Revealing Pristine Solar System Clues
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Hubble observed C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four fragments just days after perihelion, yielding unusually pristine material to study comet composition and surface physics; observations were conducted Nov 8–20, 2025, when the object was about 250 million miles from Earth.
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