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Reported claim

“Astronomers expected Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) to survive and possibly appear in daylight because they believed it was large enough to withstand solar heating.”

high confidence 1 source

Reported by 1 source.

Belief History

Apr 06 Apr 06

Sources

Al Jazeera Arabic supports medium reliability
2026-04-06

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