Remember that newly-discovered comet
we mentioned a couple of days ago?
Well, it's gone. Poof. Into the Sun and never to return, it was a sungrazer's final voyage.
The video above features images from the
SOHO
spacecraft and description from Bad Astronomer
Phil Plait
, with music by
Kevin MacLeod
.
Alas, poor SWAN... at least we knew him.
Read more about the history of Comet SWAN on the Sungrazing Comets site. Video credit: NASA/SOHO (and thanks to Phil Plait for the assembly.)