The spectacularly tailed Atlas comet (C/2024 G3) has come close to the Sun. The Atlas comet made another cosmic show as it entered inside Mercury's orbit. Unfortunately, this sight cannot be seen from Earth, as the comet is obscured by being too close to the Sun. However, the space probe SOHO captured this beautiful view. The white tail among the various tails of the Atlas comet is caused by dust from the comet reflecting sunlight. The blue and green tails are believed to be ion tails created by gases heated by the Sun.
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