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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that is zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun.
The moment of truth comes Thursday — Thanksgiving Day.
The sun-grazing Comet ISON is thought to be straight from the Oort cloud. The closer the comet gets to the sun, the faster it gets. Last Thursday, it was clocked at 150,000 mph. Thought to be less than a mile wide, ISON will either fry and shatter, victim of the sun’s incredible power, or endure and quite possibly put on one fabulous celestial show.
Should it survive, ISON, pronounced EYE’-sahn, would be visible with the naked eye through December, at least from the Northern Hemisphere.
