Comet ISON Still Intact
by Alice Monet — Oct. 18, 2013
NASA Hubble Space Telescope image taken on Oct. 9. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
Good news! Comet ISON, plunging through the Solar System towards its rendezvous with the Sun, is holding together remarkably well, despite recent reports that its nucleus was being fragmented by gravitational stress. Read more in this recent NASA report: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasas-hubble-sees-comet-ison-intact/#.UmE7Cig8ir4