A comet is diving into the sun today. Just discovered by comet hunters Michal Kusiak of Poland and Sergei Schmalz of Germany, the icy visitor from the outer solar system is expected to brighten to first magnitude before it disintegrates on Sept. 14th.

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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is monitoring the comet's death plunge: finder chart, movie, latest images.