Prophesied Doomsday Comet Disintegrating?

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 08:01 in Astronomy & Space

Images captured of Comet Elenin by an amateur astronomer over several days in August 2011 show what appears to be its nucleus breaking apart and fading away as it approaches perihelion, the point in its orbit where it is nearest to the sun.

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