[MIham] Bright Sungrazing Comet

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Space Weather News for  March 12, 2010
http://spaceweather.com

Today, a newly discovered comet is plunging toward the sun for a close encounter it probably will not survive. The comet is rapidly vaporizing and appears very bright in coronagraph images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).  Visit http://spaceweather.com for movies of the ongoing encounter and more information about the comet.