making it a sungrazing comet. Sungrazing comets are those that pass within about 850,000 miles of the sun. Many of them follow a similar orbit, called the Kreutz Path, according to NASA.

Sungrazing comets have been observed possibly as far back as the year 371 BC. A comet seen by Aristotle and Ephorus may have ...

Sungrazing comets are those that pass within about 850,000 miles of the sun. Many of them follow a similar orbit, called the Kreutz Path, according to NASA. Astronomers believe that these Kreutz Path ...