In full view of the NASA-ESA solar physics fleet, Comet ISON disintegrated when it flew through the sun's atmosphere on Thanksgiving Day. Researchers are still marveling at the images and the scientific data they contain.
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/04dec_isonrecap/
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPHR-34MstE