http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120120010600.htm
"On July 6, 2011, a comet was caught doing something never seen before: die a scorching death as it flew too close to the Sun."
It was believed that we would never catch a picture like that on tape because, usually, comets are too dim to be seen against the bright glare of our star. But scientists were proved wrong: this 150 to 300-feet long comet, which happened to be very bright, went in over the right side of the Sun, and was gone 20 minutes later. It had literally evaporated in the scorching heat, going at almost 400 miles per second.
I think that this is very interesting, as I also thought that all comets were too dim to be seen in front of the Sun. This one was not only seen, it was seen destroyed. It made it to within 62,000 miles of the Sun's surface before being destroyed.
