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.

[Starstruck]

Scientist say Global Warming is happening. Don’t jump the gun.

[LeoWindhorse]

The comet has most likely disintegrated under the high heat and gravitational stress of the Sun on Nov. 28, 2013. It is not visible in Solar Dynamics Observatory footage and NASA scientists confirmed that they do not see it.

Credit: NASA / SDO / SOHO / Mash Mix: SPACE.com

http://www.space.com/23777-rip-comet-ison-icy-visitor-missing-after-sun-flyby-video.html

[George from New England]

http://spaceweather.com/images2013/28nov13/rip_anim5.gif?PHPSESSID=66vceej33ou7em7i95lrdcoup0

[RushingWater]

And more evidence of a young earth . . . read about it here.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Wow that’s a good link.

Thanks.

[LeoWindhorse]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j6nkLnHyG0

we are about to get creamed by a tsunami of space sludge ....

[winoneforthegipper]

This is the most interesting part of this....SDO did not see the comet as it went through it perihelion...

It emerged and is doing okay....now the question is this; The SDO imaging is based on capturing and recognizing oxygen reactions. So if ISON is made of ice why did it not see it?

That is the question of the day if indeed the latest images confirm ISON survived.

[Starstruck]

I see it but I’m just a Amateur

[machogirl]

It was spectacular.

[skyman]

Darn I was looking forward to this one. Hale-Bop was pretty good.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I wouldn’t give up on this comet quite yet.

Just saying.

[Vermont Lt]

Does this mean I’m not going to die?

[mikrofon]

Wouldn't be the first thing that got wasted by it ....

[djf]

Thats what I was thinking, maybe it just sort of got "cleaned" by the sun.

Later images seem to show more of it surviving!

[RandallFlagg]

Step one:
ISON goes around the sun, breaks up into more comets and heads straight toward Earth.

Step two: ?

Step three: Zombies.

[mountn man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRKZ_f67vTw

[mountn man]

[mountn man]

Also, looks like Ison may have surviced!

Surviced??

[dfwgator]

Comet....it’ll make your teeth turn green
Comet....it tastes like gasoline
Comet....it’ll make you vomit
So get some Comet, and vomit, today.

[mountn man]

Ahhh...the childhood of the 60's and 70's.

I remember it well...I think

What were we talking about?