A just lately found comet that some stargazers had hoped to see throughout Halloween week has disintegrated earlier than the day of ghosts and ghouls.
NASA confirmed Tuesday its sun-observing spacecraft captured the second when the comet Atlas broke into chunks this week because it handed near the solar.
The Photo voltaic and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the comet because it zoomed towards the solar, posting video of its flight on social media.
On the time, NASA famous that the comet reached its perihelion, or closest strategy of the solar, on Monday at 7:30 a.m. ET.
“Over the previous few days, it has damaged into chunks because it approached the solar,” NASA stated.
Astronomers have been monitoring the so-called Halloween comet, often known as C/2024 S1, because it was found in September by a telescope in Hawaii.
Because it raced towards the solar, a house observatory operated by NASA and the European House Company spied its demise.
The comet is regarded as a part of a household of comets that move extremely near the solar.
/ AP