Comet ISON Headed for Close Sun Encounter on Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Comet ISON will skim just 730,000 miles above the solar surface on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28). If ISON survives this plunge, the icy wanderer could put on quite a show in the ensuing weeks, becoming visible to the naked eye throughout much of December.