Published on February 4, 2017
Comet 332P disintegrating as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.
A comet 67 million miles from Earth broke apart as it flew toward the sun and the Hubble Space Telescope snapped some beautiful images of the cosmic destruction from its post above Earth.
The Hubble took the photos over the course of about three days in January 2016, documenting the 25 “building-size blocks” that broke off from Comet 332P, NASA said in a statement.
The fragments sent into space by the comet now form a line of debris about 3,000 miles long.
