Comet Ison destroyed in Sun passage

BBC World News ^ | Nov. 28 ,2013 | BBC

[LeoWindhorse]

Comet Ison was severely battered in its encounter with the Sun, and largely destroyed.

Telescopes saw the giant ball of ice and dust disappear behind the star, but only a dull streamer emerge.

Astronomers continued to search for the object, but it eventually became clear that the much vaunted "Comet of the Century" had gone out with a whimper.

Despite its great size, Ison was probably torn apart in the immense heat and tidal forces so close to the Sun.

[JoeDetweiler]

Poor little guy. I know just how he feels....

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

OMG, it’s SOLAR WARMING!!

[null and void]

Darn!

[George from New England]

Not so fast ...

COMET ISON—UPDATE: New images from SOHO show something emerging from behind the sun. It could be a small fragment of Comet ISON’s nucleus or perhaps a “headless comet”—a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet’s disintegrated core. Watch the movie and stay tuned for updates.

http://spaceweather.com

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Haha bookmark.

:D

I’m withholding judgement.

[null and void]

I know just how he feels....

Me too. *sigh*

[maine yankee]

Brought a comet to a sun fight

[Vince Ferrer]

[VanDeKoik]

*Sigh*

Northern hemisphere losses out yet again.

[Sacajaweau]

you beat me...

[Anton.Rutter]

Bookmarked for updates to trajectory.

[djf]

Images are pretty convincing.

Sad.
I haven't seen a decent comet diisplay since Bennet in '69.

[COBOL2Java]

May ObamaCare suffer the same fate.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Bush’s fault.

[fhayek]

It’s dead, Jim.

[bigbob]

RIP ISON
1000000 BC — 2013
Cause of death: Perihelion

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[MrBambaLaMamba]

I blame Al Gore.

[palmer]

Cause of death: Perihelion

But it was a lot more exciting than aphelion.