ISON seems to have survived close call with sun
Conflicting reports of comet's fate come in hours after flyby
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SUNGRAZER Comet ISON approaches and departs from the sun in a time-lapse image from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
SOHO/SDO/GSFC/NASA/ESA