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.

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.

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

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.

As global fascination centers on the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS, astronomers have been stunned by another cosmic spectacle, a newly identified comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), now popularly referred to as the ‘other ATLAS.