Comet 'Dives' Into Sun At Over 350 Miles Per Second - Spacecraft View | Video
The NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured imagery of a Kreutz sungrazer comet burn up on approach to the Sun (Aug 2-4, 2016 UTC). The comet was traveling at ~373 miles per second (600 km/s) and did not survive the encounter. -- Full Story: http://goo.gl/H3CJ4p
Comets go way back to Solar System's Birth: http://goo.gl/HJUpRj
Credit: Space.com / NASA/ESA/SOHO / edited by @SteveSpaleta http://www.twitter.com/stevespaleta
