back to article Comet Lovejoy spotted plunging toward fiery doom

The comet Lovejoy has been snapped by ESA and NASA's SOHO spacecraft merrily continuing on its path to obliteration in the Earth's sun. Comet Lovejoy plunging towards the Sun Comet Lovejoy plunging towards the Sun. Credit: SOHO/LASCO (ESA/NASA) Lovejoy, first spotted on December 2, is on a course to plunge destructively …

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  1. Andy Watt
    Happy

    I _Genuinely_ thought this was a comment on our doomed UK electrical retailer.

    "Comet Lovejoy spotted plunging toward fiery doom"

    Or

    "Retail Antiques Dealer spotted throwing itself off cliff into boiling fat"

  2. Charlie van Becelaere

    Where is this happening?

    Discworld, perhaps?

  3. Anonymous John

    If it cools the Sun a bit, that should help with Global Warming, right?

  4. mmm mmm

    Nice to have lots of spacey articles recently

  5. Graham Marsden
    Coat

    Set the controls...

    ... for the heart of the sun!

  6. Mako

    Wh..why am I looking at a picture of your very scratched DVD?

    1. Olafthemighty
      Coat

      Beacause...

      My hovercraft is full of eels.

      Sorry - bad day. Mine's the one with a pocket full of dried frog pills.

  7. druck Silver badge
    Happy

    Stereo

    We wont be able to see it get burnt up from Earth as it's side of the sun, but NASA's Stereo solar probes are able to see all of the far side from their locations ahead and behind of Earth in it's orbit.

  8. The Fuzzy Wotnot
    Alert

    No!

    Not spotting the first word from the title, did anyone else have serious concerns that smarmy, 1990's TV star Ian McShane was in a serious condition?

  9. ElNumbre
    Mushroom

    ASDA Value Firework?

    So, I assume a damp "fuut", rather than a terrific kaboom?

    Not that you can hear fireworks in space.

  10. Tel Starr

    Lovejoy Survives!

    But a bit toasted...

    http://www.space.com/13959-doomed-comet-lovejoy-sun-encounter-wrap.html

    McShane always was well bronzed, even more so now.

    1. John Gaunt
      Thumb Up

      Huzzah!

      A three-second video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72DVbKyAfNQ

  11. ian 22

    Lovejoys a bit like moth to a flame

    I suspect we'll have another source of meteor showers from this.

  12. MJI Silver badge

    Where are comet Eric and comet Lady Jane

    As above

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