Video: Comet hit the sun

Recently, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) captured the scene of a comet hitting the sun "suicide".

According to Space.com, this unnamed comet has a diameter of just over 90m. When crashing into the sun, it immediately evaporated. NASA said it is likely that the comet is a member of a group of comets that orbit near the sun, known as the Kreutz family, discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Kreutz 100 years ago.

The image of this last moment of the comet was captured by the Space Observatory (SOHO), a space telescope. As soon as the comet crashed into the sun, an unexpected light flashed. NASA experts said the fact was an eruption on the surface of the sun, not the impact of the comet crash.

Comets are made of ice and dust. Only very large comets can survive when surfing near the sun. The heat and gravity of the sun is a threat to comets. This is not the first time SOHO has captured a 'suicide' comet. Last year, this telescope also captured the same scene.

Over the past 15 years, astronomers have identified more than 1,400 comets belonging to the Kreutz family. It is likely that they originated from a giant comet with a diameter of 20-100 km, which was destroyed 2,500 years ago.