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− | id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Comet Atlas<br><br>Martin Gembec / CC BY-SA 4.0<br><br><br>Fame for a comet is a fickle thing. One week you're | + | id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Comet Atlas<br><br>Martin Gembec / CC BY-SA 4.0<br><br><br>Fame for a comet is a fickle thing. One week you're [http://data.gov.uk/data/search?q=shining shining] bright, the next you find you can't take the heat and [http://blogs.realtown.com/search/?q=start%20breaking start breaking] up on the way to a fatal encounter with the sun. <br>In March, newly discovered [/news/brightening-comet-atlas-could-soon-lift-your-gaze-and-spirits-just-a-little/ Comet Atlas was going through a rapid brightening phase] and some astronomers were hopeful it might put on a spectacular show in the night sky as it flew closer in May. Just a few weeks later, though, it became clear that Atlas probably [/news/possible-superstar-comet-atlas-looks-like-its-breaking-up-already/ wasn't going to live up to those expectations] as it began to break apart. <br><br>Now amateur astronomers are getting some pretty remarkable images of the space snowball coming apart at the seams. <br><br><br>Comet ATLAS<br>Taken by Jose de queiroz on April 15, 2020 @ Falera - Switzerland.<br>①<br>Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) <br>04/15/2020<br>Another deep look into the center of the comet. There two distinct nucleons have formed, which plunge towards the sun, like in a race. [ pic.twitter.com/2WbkFOY6Q7]<br>— mizuho kai (@mizuho73700856) [ April 16, 2020]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5");<br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br> Best images I've seen so far from Nick Haigh, showing the fragments of Comet ATLAS [ pic.twitter.com/yf9kFWwtJZ]<br>— Con Stoitsis (@vivstoitsis) [ April 14, 2020]<br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br> window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5");<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Disintegrated comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) imaged on April 10 through 1.4m f/5.1 telescope at Astronomical Station Vidojevica, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] AOB, Serbia.<br>5 fragments/condesations are clearly visible.<br>Exposition 60x60s, R filter. [ #CometAtlasY4] [ pic.twitter.com/B5ysRVKPPQ]<br>— Igor Smolić (@pseudotrabant) [ April 12, 2020]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5");<br> <br> <br><br> <br><br>Comets are notoriously unpredictable, so it's not shocking that Atlas is falling apart. It's also a little uncertain what will became of it next. It could just continue to fragment into smaller and smaller bits until it becomes impossible to see, or [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] it might fly right into the sun, perhaps putting on one last show for us after all. <br><br>Don't mourn this snowball too long, though, there's still plenty more to see in the night sky: another [/news/comet-atlas-is-crumbling-but-another-is-already-brightening-skywatchers-nights/ newfound comet, dubbed SWAN], is on the rise, as are the [/news/lyrid-meteor-shower-the-best-night-sky-show-for-months-is-still-active/ Lyrid meteors that will peak next week]. <br><br> <br> Related stories<br> <br> <br> [/news/comet-atlas-is-crumbling-but-another-is-already-brightening-skywatchers-nights/ Comet Atlas is crumbling, but another is already brightening skywatchers' nights]<br><br> [/news/newly-discovered-sneaky-little-asteroid-flew-by-earth-wednesday/ Newly discovered sneaky little asteroid flew by Earth Wednesday]<br><br> [/features/how-tv-and-movies-are-seducing-us-to-mars/ NASA astronauts return to a drastically changed Earth after months in orbit]<br><br> <br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br> <br> <br><br><br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Now playing:<br> Watch this:<br> <br> Nvidia, Amazon pull out of MWC, NASA and ESA launch new...<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br>1:42<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br> <br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br><br><br><br> [#comments Comments]<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br><br><br> <br><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> [/tags/space/ Space]<br> <br> <br> <br> [/topics/sci-tech/ Notification on Notification off Sci-Tech] |