Brain Post: Comet ISON Killed by the Sun Today – VIDEO

Sad news coming from our solar system today.  Comet ISON, a large comet that astronomers were hoping would be so bright it would be easily visible in December 2013, has died. Comet ISON, like Icarus, flew too close to the sun today and was evaporated.

This NASA Video show’s the comets final moments as the sun’s gravity pulled it in and consumed it in its entirety.

“These images from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory show Comet ISON growing dim as it made the journey around the sun. The comet was not visible at all in NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The comet is believed to have broken up and evaporated. 

While this means that Comet ISON will not be visible in the night sky in December, the wealth of observations gathered of the comet over the last year will provide great research opportunities for some time. One important question will simply be to figure out why it is no longer visible.” – NASA

So long, ISON.  You were very cool while you lasted.

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