The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the icy space rock meeting its fiery demise on Dec. 8th, 2015. According to Spaceweather.com, it belonged to the Kreutz-family of comets that stems from a “breakup of a single giant comet many centuries ago.” [Revisit Comet ISON’s Death Dive Into The Sun]
Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/LASCO/mash mix: Space.com
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