The space rock, composed of compacted ice and dust, was part of the ‘Kreutz’ family of comets, according to NASA.

This ‘sungrazer’ group of comets follows a related orbit in our solar system after breaking off from a huge comet centuries ago. Dozens have already been recorded evaporating in the solar atmosphere.

It was first spotted by SOHO researchers on 1 August, just two days before its solar orbit brought it too close for survival.

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Its arcing trajectory seemed to suggest the comet was aiming for a daring close-quarters orbit of the fiery sphere.

However, the sun’s extremely-intense heat 'vaporized' the comet before reaching the other side of our star, according to the space agency.

video here: http://www.rt.com/viral/354730-comet-burns-sun-video/

to see these on the web, http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater, pick the LASCO C2 or C3 for seeing whats around the sun

as the comet will do so again in the future the whole universe will having another tiny little quantoms like folk.......then it will impact the sant holly earth or some where eles and causes the dooms day come.......then those nut crackers will gona yell to it is the scence of the god~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!just as i've wondering about why the quantom charger are all in the shade of a big halo.......is it work? hell know~~~~~ Ho~~~yea!~~~~~~