A breakup of the solid nucleus of the Atlas comet was revealed in a pair of NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images showing 30 separate fragments. The image was taken on April 20 and April 23, 2020. The comets have been artificially coloured to give a proper image enhancing the details for analysis. A study suggests that the two comets might be siblings from a parent comet and has been broken centuries ago.
Hubble Space Images of Comet
This pair of @Hubble_Space images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on 20.04 and 23.04.2020, reveal the breakup of the solid nucleus of the comet.
Credit: @NASA / @ESA , @stsci , Quanzhi Ye (UMD), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Lifestyle
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