Will comet ISON survive its brush with the Sun?
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —The much-anticipated close approach of comet ISON to the Sun this November may be spectacular as viewed from Earth, but it's unlikely to spell the end of the comet, according to a numerical-simulation study performed by scientists at the Lowell Observatory and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).