{"id":237564,"date":"2026-05-22T03:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/nasas-hubble-accidentally-witnesses-a-comet-shattering-in-space"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:16:57","slug":"nasas-hubble-accidentally-witnesses-a-comet-shattering-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/nasas-hubble-accidentally-witnesses-a-comet-shattering-in-space","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Hubble Accidentally Witnesses a Comet Shattering in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pIcrrFP6HYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a stunning stroke of luck, Hubble witnessed a comet splitting apart almost in real time. The rare observation is giving scientists an unprecedented look inside one of the solar system\u2019s ancient icy leftovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning stroke of luck, Hubble witnessed a comet splitting apart almost in real time. The rare observation is giving scientists an unprecedented look inside one of the solar system\u2019s ancient icy leftovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}