Comet ISON sweeps near sun, shows signs of life

CNN ^ | 1:36 AM EST, Fri November 29, 2013 | Amanda Barnett,

[BenLurkin]

Hold the obituary. Experts now think Comet ISON -- or at least part of it -- survived its close encounter with the sun.

Karl Battams, a comet scientist for the Naval Research Laboratory, said it is believed some parts of ISON's nucleus survived perihelion.

"It now looks like some chunk of ISON's nucleus has indeed made it through the solar corona, and re-emerged," he said. "It's throwing off dust and (probably) gas, but we don't know how long it can sustain that."

However, he said, it's fate is uncertain.

[BenLurkin]

"It is now clear that Comet ISON either survived or did not survive, or... maybe both," Bruce Betts, director of projects for the Planetary Society, said in a Twitter update. "Hope that clarifies things."

[mylife]

It’s dead Jim.

[Hardraade]

Life??

More of Obama’s aunts?

[MaxMax]

SO, comets are the children of Gaia now? They must live, the vacuum of space
must be taxed starting with Americans by the UN~! Oh for the hugemanatee of life.

[LibWhacker]

"It is now clear that Comet ISON either survived or did not survive, or... maybe both,"

But not neither?

[MestaMachine]

Some things are harder to kill than others.

[Erik Latranyi]

You can keep your comet, if you like it.

[trebb]

ISON is Schrodinger’s comet....

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It is now clear that Comet ISON either survived or did not survive, or... maybe both,

Time to rename it Schroedinger's Comet.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

gmta.

[nothingnew]

pong

FMCDH(BITS)

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Bump.

I think it’s still on, 100%.

[hopespringseternal]

Social media gives us the ability to communicate even when we have nothing to say.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nothingnew. Update to APoD.

[left that other site]

or “Schmuggehgeh’s Comet”.

[null and void]

A zombie comet.

You’re involved somehow, aren’t you?

AREN’T YOU?

[Billthedrill]

Shoulda knowed better than to give a comet coffee. IMHO.

[Darksheare]

The zombacalypse has begun!