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Visible Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) Might Be Falling Apart
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) did it! It survived its perilous perihelion ... recent observations suggest that it is all falling apart. As reported by Sky & Telescope, Hungarian astrophotographer ...
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Comet ATLAS C/2024 G3 falls apart after rare encounter with the Sun
Comets are small rocks held together by gravity, and these destabilizing forces allow the comet to fall apart as it heats up, which is what Zhang believes happened to Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS.