Comet Gets Gobbled Up by the Sun
The NASA and ESA’s sun observatory, SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), snapped a pic of a newly found comet moments before it is gobbled up by the sun. You can see the comet here is pretty bright, though it dims as it gets closer to the sun and eventually disappears into the fiery mass.
[photo via Space.com]
The comet, which appeared in photos on Friday, finally disappeared a day later. With close to 1,600 comets in our solar system, watching one get eaten by the sun is surely a sight to see. Here are some more photos captured by SOHO:
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