Comet Lovejoy Plunges into the Sun ... and Survives
This is so cool!
NASA Science News for Dec. 16, 2011
Sungrazing Comet Lovejoy has shocked astronomers by surviving its "death plunge" into the sun. Must-see movies of the comet's passage through the sun's atmosphere are featured in today's story from Science@NASA.
FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16dec_cometlovejoy/