Comet Lovejoy was expected to vaporize but the 660-foot-wide rock was filmed making a great escape 'It was an extraordinary event' said one astronomer The comet came closer to the Sun than the ...

But on Jan. 2, according to veteran Australian comet observer, Terry Lovejoy, the comet apparently was in the midst of an outburst in brightness, and indeed just one day later, it had brightened ...