A TRUELY SPECTACULAR PHOTO FROM NASA

Set of images of comet Lovejoy plunging toward sun taken on Dec. 12 by NASA's STEREO satellites

Astronomers watching Lovejoy’s progress have been surprised by its brightness, which has so far outperformed many predictions—but the best may be yet to come.
The latest brightness calculations show that over the course of the day, Lovejoy may become as bright at the planets Venus and Jupiter, seen from Earth, and the comet has a slim chance of reaching naked-eye level brightness in daytime skies