This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet C/2012 S1 known as ISON photographed on April 10, 2013 when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the Sun. The comet is one of the brightest ever discovered equaling that of the full moon.

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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of Comet C/2012 S1 known as ISON photographed on April 10, 2013 when the comet was slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles from the Sun. The comet is one of the brightest ever discovered equaling that of the full moon.

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Size: 2900px × 2900px
Location: Outer Space
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
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