ISON appears to have broken up after brush with sun

Scientists now agree that comet has disintegrated, leaving only dust

DEATH MARCH  Comet ISON’s trajectory around the sun appears in a time-lapse series taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The most recent image, in the upper right, was taken at 6:30 a.m. EST on December 1, 2013. The image of the sun at center was taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. 

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Comet ISON has disintegrated in the sun’s intense heat and gravity, according to a growing consensus among astronomers.