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: Comets go way back to Solar System’s Birth: Credit: / NASA/ESA/SOHO / edited by @SteveSpaleta