A Comet’s End

This amazing photograph has been released by NASA and, if you look closely, you will see a comet speeding to its demise on a collision course with the sun.

This occurred during a huge coronal mass ejection (CME), an burst of plasma that sent solar particles shooting into space at breathtaking speed of 1 million mph.

The suicidal comet was a member of the Kreutz family of comets that orbit a few hundred thousand miles of the sun. Our condolences to 19th century astronomer Heinrich Kreutz.