NASA | Why are We Seeing So Many Sungrazing Comets?

Before 1979, there were less than a dozen known sungrazing comets. As of December 2012, we know of 2,500. Why did this number increase? With solar observatories like SOHO, STEREO, and SDO, we have not only better means of viewing the sun, but also the comets that approach it. SOHO allows us to see smaller, fainter comets closer to the sun than we have ever been able to see before. Even though many of these comets do not survive their journey past the sun, they survive long enough to be observed, and be added to our record of sungrazing comets.

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[NASAGoddard]

There is a link in the video description. Happy comet hunting!

[SciPhi]

Wow, impressive, I always love your videos

[TadaGanIarracht]

Think about it. The sun is very energetic but at the same time has the most mass of any body in our solar system. They get vaporized close to the star... The affect of gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the objects.

[Lucuskane]

I would love to have a ride on one of those giant sungrazers

[duquin]

Is is possible to share the artist and name of the song in the background? Thanks!

[infinidominion]

How are the comets counted? How does anyone know which ones have been seen already?

[eitan]

and yet...
some of them COULD be alien crafts coming to get the energy they need, maybe even to "jump" from one system to another.
Physicist Nassim Haramein have some interesting ideas about it.

[hacLE_powermore]

What is the price of an acceptable reflecting telescope?

[Wangdoodle]

If you can't get something out of nothing. How would that work in reverse?
"Some of the comets are small enough to become completely vaporised as they get closer to the Sun" OK where does this so called vaporised material go then? Would the vaporised material gather elsewhere?

[Tweekerhead]

We are seeing allota' "comments" since Nibilibiu has come, we're seeing more Comets also.

[iliketoskate]

Does this mean NASA will finally hire me?

[ihatecivicssomuch]

thats possibly the dumbest thing i have ever read in my entire life. i actually feel like my intelligence has been subsidized for having read that.

[GoreTorn]

Calm down, drop the crack pipe, slowly walk away from the internet, go outside, take a breath, and never come back ever again.

[infinidominion]

English is not a difficult language...and smoking meth is really not a good idea

[RazorsInYourApple]

DUDE! STOP! You're literally spouting non-sense!