My sincere thoughts go out to ISON. It was a heavenly body whose life was cut short too soon.

[Lint Head]

But it died doing what it loved best. ISON tried to please everyone but fate intervened and all that's left is to pray that it is now in heaven. Wait...it was already "in" heaven. So. We must go forward with our lives and let ISON rest in pieces. I mean peace. So long young friend. We hardly knew ya. In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to The Society for the Prevention of Comets crashing into the Sun.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/28/comet-ison-nasa/3776419/

[DiverDave]

1. Maybe now isnt the best time for this

what with a mother losing a son just a few threads up

[Logical]

4. Wow, lighten up. n-t

[DiverDave]

5. LIGHTEN UP?? Her SON DIED

and to put this up is just sick.

I wont "lighten up" you need to pull this or send it to the lounge.

It was in very poor taste and worse timing.

[Logical]

6. It had no relation to the other post. Most people understand this. And it is NOT my post Einstein!

[eqfan592]

7. oh ffs.

You dragged that into this thread, no one else. Way to try your best to create drama where none previously existed.

[uppityperson]

10. Try this link. It'll help. Most of us can multitask.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=trash&forum=1002&mid=4106399&rp=1002

[Iggo]

14. Ignore is your friend, Iggo.

[Lint Head]

17. I don't necessarily read "every" post.

Death is tragic. I too have lost family very close to me and feel badly for the person losing their son.

Referring to an object that was never alive as dying has always been funny to me in the same way that robotic voices on the phone always say "Thank you for calling." or "We appreciate you as a customer." is funny because a, robotic, computerized voice is not a person with feelings who really gives a rat about your personal feelings or whether you should be thanked or appreciated.

ISON is a comet that was followed by many people, like me, who are fascinated with space. It was destroyed by the Sun and I feel, as others do, that I wished it had hung around a little longer to enjoy. It would have made this Christmas even more special.

[NastyRiffraff]

2. We have to look at the Sun's role in this tragedy

It could have dimmed a bit as ISON flew by, but no. It didn't care. It just didn't care.

[Voice for Peace]

13. No, Nasty Riffraff. The Sun and the Comet were drawn together.

Or at least the Comet was drawn to
the Sun, who welcomed it.
There was an irresistible urge.

Sometimes it's just time to go,
for a heavenly body to transform.

We will have our time too. Not the Sun's fault.
It just shines and shines.

[seveneyes]

19. The comet was going too slow

Sorry to blame the victim, but had it gone faster it would have not been destroyed so quickly.

[Voice for Peace]

20. Lyrically speaking, it wanted to extend the exquisite moment

for as long as possible. Think of lovers.

[Logical]

3. Maybe the CIA or Castro should be asked about this! n-t

[Democracyinkind]

8. At least we didn't penetrate its celestial virginity...

Yes, I'm still totally not over how we raped mother moon...

[jberryhill]

9. Did it act alone?

[longship]

11. It was a virgin on top of it all.

Its orbit was a hyperbola which means this is the only time it's been inside our solar system. It also means that if it had survived it would have never returned.

Phil Plait wrote the other day that it is rather smaller than originally thought, only about a mile in diameter, not very big as new comets go.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

[Voice for Peace]

12. Thanks for a sweet tribute. All the heavenly bodies are gone too soon.

[Lint Head]

15. True. Trillions of years can sometimes feel like billions.

And pass like millions.

[Voice for Peace]

18. and as one great person said, "we're just a speck of dust, but

oh.. WHAT a speck of dust!!"

[Vashta Nerada]

16. RIP

[Voice for Peace]

21. have you heard?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017161750#post1

[Iggo]

22. What the deuce?

It's a thanksgivukah miracle!