COMET ATLAS MIGHT BE BREAKING APART: New images reported today by astronomers from the University of Maryland and Caltech suggest that Comet ATLAS (C/2019 Y4) is breaking apart. This development comes on the heels of a sudden fade in the comet's brightness. If ATLAS really is disintegrating, it could spoil a widely-anticipated sky show in late May when the comet skims by the sun. Check Spaceweather.com for the full story.
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Above: Images from the 0.6-m Ningbo Education Xinjiang Telescope (NEXT) show a possible fragmentation of ATLAS's core. Credit: Quanzhi Ye (U. Maryland), Qicheng Zhang (Caltech)
