Remnants Suggest Comet ISON Still Going
By Alexandra Witze - Nature Magazine
"Comet ISON entered the annals of astronomical history on the night of 28 November, when it flew past the Sun and, latest updates suggest, emerged in tatters on the other side after many skywatchers had given it up as dead."
Read the full article here:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=remnants-suggest-comet-ison-still-going
Latest Updates on Comet ISON
By Alan MacRobert - Sky & Telescope
"November 29, 11 a.m. EST: "Reports of my death are exaggerated." After the comet seemed to vanish at perihelion yesterday, no one expected to be looking at a picture today like the one above!
It sure looks like a comet from here. The big question: is that bright thing just a cloud of dust and very fine rubble, soon to disperse? Or will it hold together, traveling along along the comet's orbit, long enough to be seen when it gets far enough from the Sun to be viewed from Earth? And do chunks remain within it that can keep shedding stuff to make a coma and tail in proper comet fashion?...
What a puzzle for comet scientists! ISON has defied predictions every step of the way.
Watch this space for developments...."
For the full article and latest updates:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/Comet-ISON-Updates-193909261.html
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