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Comet ISON journeys through the solar system

In this image made on Oct. 9, comet ISON's atmopshere, or coma, has been removed, leaving behind the nucleus.

In this image made on Oct. 9, comet ISON’s atmopshere, or coma, has been removed, leaving behind the nucleus.  (NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and Jian-Yang Li (Planetary Science Institute))

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Photos of comet ISON as it continues its trek toward the sun.
More: ISON visible with binoculars, has double tail

Comet ISON with Mercury

NASA’s Messenger spacecraft took this image of comet ISON during its closest approach to Mercury on Nov. 20.   (ASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/Southwest Research Institute)

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