Comet K1, whose full name is Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), had just passed its closest approach to the Sun and was heading out of the Solar System. Though it had been intact just days before, K1 fragmented into at least four pieces while the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was watching. The odds of that happening while Hubble viewed the comet are extraordinarily miniscule.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://esahubble.org/news/heic2606/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre
18 March 2026
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