Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) Fails to Survive Sun Encounter, Crushing Halloween Hopes – NASA Captures Final Moments 🪐
Miami, FL – A newly discovered comet met its demise during a close encounter with the Sun, shattering into pieces and dashing hopes of a Halloween spectacle. NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) observed Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) as it made its closest approach to the Sun on Monday. Dubbed the Halloween Comet, the celestial event came to a dramatic end as SOHO captured its disintegration into smaller fragments during …