Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 falls apart

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came within 8.3 million miles of the sun on January 13 as it reached its perihelion, and is now disintegrating.
A once-in-a-lifetime comet is approaching the sun — and it will be visible for the first time in 160,000 years. The comet ...
G3 (ATLAS) showed off its spectacular tail plumage to NASA spacecraft when it flew close to the sun this month.
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) came three times closer to the sun than Mercury on January 13—and this may have changed it ...