04.04.2026
The comet is currently 3.6 million kilometers from the Sun's surface (4.3 million kilometers from its center). The rapid decay of the celestial body continues—the nucleus is rapidly shrinking, and, as a result, the tail formed by the nucleus is also thinning.
04.04.2026
As of 12:00 Moscow time, the comet is approximately 5 million kilometers from the Sun. Judging by images from the CCOR-1 space-based coronagraph (the only one transmitting relevant data in recent hours), the comet's nucleus is no longer able to resist the thermal currents and the increasing drag of the solar atmosphere and has begun to disintegrate. Images from the last hour clearly show the separation of the head of the nucleus from the tail.
03.04.2026
The demise of comet C/2026 A1 will likely only be visible via spacecraft. The celestial body's brightness increases as it approaches the Sun, but much more slowly than predicted.
