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NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite spotted a bright sungrazing comet plunging into the Sun.
Comets like the one swallowed by the sun are known as Kreutz sungrazers, and are characterized by orbits that take them incredibly close to the sun. Kreutz comets are believed to be fragments from a single large comet that broke up into smaller pieces thousands of years ago.
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Images credit: SOHO/LASCO, AIA/SDO, nemesis maturity channel, helioviewer.org
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