[/caption] Astronomers monitoring Comet Elenin have noticed the comet has decreased in brightness the past week, and the coma is now elongating and diffusing. Some astronomers predict the comet will disintegrate and not survive perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun. On August 19, a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection hit the comet, … Continue reading "Comet Elenin Could Be Disintegrating"