Braggie619

Knowing that ISON is basically surrounded in fresh ice, if it gets too close to the Sun, wouldn't the ice boil off and the comet literally fall apart or break up? Would we see a string of pearls like we saw with Shoemaker levy 9? Also why does it takes days for satellites to get data back to us? Why can't data come back to us almost instantaneously like it does with weather satellites? Why is NASA delaying the information to the general public?

Thank you for your swift response. By any chance, is there a live feed from SOHO or STEREO-HI1A for us to watch? I'm new at this so please bare with me. I only take pictures of the sky. ;)