<?php
$regexp = "#\((.+?)\)| #";
$data = "from sender.domainemail.net (this is comment) (this is another comment) (last comment)";
$matches = preg_split($regexp, $data, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE
|PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY
);
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