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Friday, November 29, 2013

Fate Of Comet ISON Unclear Hours After Its Encounter With Sun

Most of ISON, a huge comet formed at the birth of the solar system, apparently did not survive Thursday's encounter with the sun, NASA said. Scientists detected the comet last year and had hoped to continue studying it for information to be mined from its "primordial ices."

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