C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) was on its way out of the solar system when it did the fateful thing that many comets do.
In November 2025, a comet began disintegrating into pieces after a heated close encounter with the Sun. In a twist of fate, the Hubble space telescope happened to be observing the comet as it broke apart, capturing its demise in a series of images.
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