This is what a comet disintegrating in space looks like
 

This is what a comet disintegrating in space looks like
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A comet 67 million miles from Earth broke apart as it flew toward the sun and the Hubble Space Telescope snapped some beautiful images of the cosmic destruction from its post above Earth.*

The Hubble took the photos over the course of about three days in January 2016, documenting the 25 "building-size blocks" that broke off from Comet 332P, NASA said in a statement.*

The fragments sent into space by the comet **w form a line of debris about 3,000 miles long.

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Because of the Hubble images, scientists might be able to learn more about how and why some comets — balls of ice and dust considered leftovers from the dawn of the solar system — break apart as they speed toward the sun in their orbits.* Read more...

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