Sun Diving Comet Disintegrates En Route To Fiery Surface

Monday, October 31, 2011 - 07:31 in Astronomy & Space

A small comet was witnessed by NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory breaking down as it approached the Sun. The doomed sungrazer's last 4 hours (time-lapsed) were recorded on October 30.

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