Hubble's New Observations of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) (IMAGE)

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Hubble's New Observations of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of the breakup of Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS). The telescope resolved roughly 30 fragments of the comet on 20 April and 25 pieces on 23 April.

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NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Q. Ye (University of Maryland)

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