The SOHO spacecraft captured a very bright, sungrazing comet as
it rocketed towards the Sun (Mar. 12, 2010) and was vaporized. This comet is
arguably the brightest comet that SOHO has observed since Comet McNaught in
early 2007. The comet is believed to belong to the Kreutz family of comets that
broke up from a much larger comet many hundreds of years ago. They are known to
orbit close to the Sun. A coronal mass ejection (CME) burst away from the Sun
during the bright comet’s approach.

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