This webpage from the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), an article titled "What Happened to Comet ISON?" by Dr. Tony Phillips, nicely recaps the disintegration of the comet on Thanksgiving Day (November 28th, 2013). Fortunately, astronomers captured Comet ISON in fascinating videos; the video below, taken by NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft with credit to Rob Matson, comes from the same website. You might notice a smaller comet (Comet Encke) in the video floating downwards and seemingly very close to ISON!
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