Another Rare Golden Comet Named Atlas? Crazy!

James Kaufman, World News Report Today. Another rare comet named Atlas. Crazy. I'm sure most of you realize that newly discovered comets often have the telescope's name that discovered them first attached to them. So yes, we have yet another comet, Atlas. This time, it's Atlas C/2025 K1. This comet is being called really strange, just like the other comet the world has been watching, but in a much different way. This comet is a rare golden comet. Most comets are green and sometimes blue. Amateur astronomer Dan Bartlett is tracking the rare golden comet pictured here. Yes, introducing Comet Atlas C/2025. K1, yet another comet discovered by our ATLAS telescope system this year. The Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System, better known as ATLAS, is a robotic astronomical survey and early warning system optimized for detecting smaller or near-Earth objects a few weeks to days before they may impact Earth. Funded by NASA, which means you, and developed and operated by the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, the system currently has five half-meter telescopes all around the globe working as one. The system has been outstanding in detecting space rocks after being put into operation. Thus, so many of the comets are now going to have that famous Atlas name attached to them. My guess is that NASA and JPL were missing a lot of these large rocks and comets completely, and they were flying right by us. Well, that was before this worldwide telescope system was completed and put into operation. I'm guessing we're going to be hearing a lot more. About Atlas Comets over the next few years. This comet was not supposed to survive its October 8th perihelion 0.33 astronomical units to our sun and was supposed to burn up or break apart because of its close approach to our sun. Well, this comet ended up surviving its solar approach, and now it is displaying red, brown, and golden colors rarely seen in comets. Prior to its close approach to our sun, it was thought to be a fairly usual Oort cloud comet. What's going on? The chemistry of this Oort cloud comet is very unusual. And yes, it is from within our solar system. It lacks many of the usual carbon compounds normally found in comets, though, according to the Lowell Observatory. All the carbon-bearing species, including the carbon dioxide, are unusually low. Commentary gases are green because of diatomic carbon, C2, and blue because of ionized carbon monoxide, CO+. Subtracting these colors apparently leaves gold. No one knows exactly why this comet is gold. The comet is still fairly impressive at its ninth magnitude in the pre-dawn sky. It can be seen with a small telescope. God bless, folks. Another strange Atlas comet. Please share, subscribe, and always remember, Anything's possible. Bizarro world.