November 29, 2013

ISON’s Close Encounter with the Sun

The comet is believed to have broken up and evaporated.

The images in the video below 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.

Nonetheless, researchers have been able to record a wealth of observations over the last year that will “will provide great research opportunities for some time. “

Watch here:

NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory show Comet ISON dimming as it journeyed toward the Sun.

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The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

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The Past

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Laurie Santos

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