Now, thanks to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft jointly operated by NASA and the European Space Agency, we know for sure how and when comet ATLAS met its demise.

28 as it approached the sun. The comet's final moments were captured by the European Space Agency and NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) mission. Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) was ...