Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas recedes while C/2024 S1 disintegrates

Non-periodic comets constitute some of the more unpredictable transient cosmic objects, both in terms of trajectory and in terms of peak brightness observed.The more predictable periodic comets typically originate from the Kuiper belt, the region in the solar system just beyond Neptune, and have an orbital period of less than 200 years. Conversely, non-periodic comets...