Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks

Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at 48,000 miles per hour. In May 2013, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Hubble Space Telescope observed the comet over a 43-minute period. These images were then used to make a 5-second time-lapse video of the comet's journey during that short duration.

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