175 20241102 Halloween comet

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A recently discovered comet that some stargazers had hoped to see during Halloween week has disintegrated before the day of ghosts and ghouls.

NASA has confirmed its sun-observing spacecraft captured the moment when the comet Atlas broke into chunks as it passed close to the sun.

The so-called Halloween comet was discovered in September by a telescope in Hawaii.

As it raced toward the sun, a space observatory operated by NASA and the European Space Agency spied its demise.

I'm Charles de Ledesma.