Incoming Comet ISON Appears Intact to NASA's Hubble

Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 9, 2013, suggests that the comet is intact despite some predictions that the fragile icy nucleus might disintegrate as the Sun warms it. The comet will pass closest to the Sun on November 28.

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