Comet's Death Dive Extreme Close-Up

Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 08:00 in Astronomy & Space

Multiple views of the Sun grazing comet that slammed into the solar surface on July 5th, 2011 have been analyzed. Find out where this icy chunk of space debris came from and take a up close look of the comet entering the Sun's atmosphere.

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