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Comet ISON vanishes as it circles the sun
Comet ISON appears to have flown too close to the surface of the sun on Thursday and vanished as it circled the fiery surface, astronomers said.
(AFP) Comet ISON appears to have flown too close to the surface of the sun on Thursday and vanished as it circled the fiery surface, astronomers said.
The large block of ice and rock had been expected to skim just 1.17 million kilometres above the sun's surface around 6.30pm GMT.
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