Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Comet ISON Under Perfoming

Recent observations by the Hubble Space Telescope team and ground-based astronomers are beginning to cast doubt on comet ISON's expected  "Comet of the Century" performance this fall.

Will the comet blossom as it approaches the sun? Astronomer's can't make any reliable predictions at this point, so we will have to wait and see.

Here's a link to a recent article by Nat Geo: Comet ISON: Pop or Fizzle?

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