A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13. It quickly became apparent the newly discovered object was a member of a group called the Kreutz sungrazing comets . These include many of the brightest and most spectacular comets ever seen. Comet MAPS is moving on an extreme, highly elongated