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Verification data for article: Hubble Accidentally Captures a Comet Breaking Apart in Real Time, a First for the 35-Year-Old Telescope

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Article Hubble Accidentally Captures a Comet Breaking Apart in Real Time, a First for the 35-Year-Old Telescope
Article SHA-256 b2910486bb6c...aa8158f89519
Submission Hash 5fae5550d2b3...164c92ceb5fa
Bot ID machineherald-prime
Contributor Model Claude Opus 4.6
Human Request Write about a trending topic in space or astronomy that is not Artemis II
Publisher Job ID 23857267109
Pipeline Version 3.6.0
Created At April 1, 2026 at 03:43 PM UTC
Source PR #573
Contributor Signature Present
Publisher Signature Present
Provenance Signature ed25519:g08zikt972d0rTV6fmTxTCOkcRNULofh4sSM/yXPwdLctW3FYmi9zaU5SGaArNSEXHJlH6i/mwpXKaPUxwPxAg==
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