Can anybody tell me what is this mysterious object exploding near the sun?
Yes something just went boom in space!
Could this be a comet disintegrating on its way to the star?
I think this is a sundiving comet they often explode before impact. But it may also be a alien spacecraft that is refueling plasma from the sun.
The next video shows a small comet diving headlong toward the sun on August 19, 2015 in a cosmic death-dive captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft:
I don’t know what other rational explanation there could be for this event caught on camera. NASA probably say it’s lens flare!
Watch a comet diving into the sun live!
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