Learn more about how C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) looked as though it had passed its perihelion without fragmenting, but now it seems like it's no longer intact.

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has broken into three distinct pieces following its closest approach to the sun on Oct. 8. Astronomers have captured striking footage of the solar system comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart on the nights following Nov. 11 after it was destabilized by a close brush with the sun in early October.

Astronomers have captured spectacular images of a comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), breaking apart in three large pieces during its journey.

New footage shows comet C/2025 K1 Atlas splitting into three pieces after coming close to the sun, giving astronomers fresh insight into how comets react to extreme heat.

The other comet named C/2025 K1 has been seen disintegrating and changing into a cloud of debris in deep space as it heads towards Earth. The comet was detected by the astronomers at the

C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), a comet that was believed to disintegrate because of its closeness to the Sun, has surprised astronomers by surviving and changing its colour from green to a rare golden hue.

Comet C/2025 ATLAS, discovered by NASA’s ATLAS telescope network — the same system that spotted the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS — has broken apart into three fragments after passing close to the Sun.

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) fragmented after its October sun approach, splitting into three pieces. Astronomers captured rare images, revealing pristine material from the Kuiper Belt, shedding light on early solar system.