Why Comet SWAN Is Breaking Apart — And Why Loeb Says It Matters

Comet SWAN is breaking apart — and for the first time, astronomers are watching its fragmentation unfold in real time. In this in-depth scientific documentary, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb walks through the latest telescope observations revealing multiple structural failures inside this long-period comet. As SWAN sheds material, brightens unpredictably, and forms new jets and debris paths, researchers gain a rare opportunity to study the internal architecture of a comet forged billions of years ago in the outer reaches of our solar system.

This video examines how SWAN’s nucleus is weakening, why its breakup accelerated after perihelion, what telescopes around the world are seeing right now, and what this event can teach us about comet evolution, thermal stress, volatile release, and the physics of fragmentation. With clear scientific context and real observational data, we explore why this breakup matters, how astronomers track fragment trajectories, and what SWAN’s disintegration could reveal about the early solar system.

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