![A blue coronagraph with an orange box highlighting the position of the new comet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xp3DfVxzXxzjDzK4ya3A2f-320-80.jpg)
Total solar eclipse reveals tiny new comet moments before it was destroyed by the sun
On April 8, just a few hours before the total solar eclipse, an amateur astronomer discovered a small "sungrazer" comet in close proximity to our home star. The newfound object was photographed during totality before disintegrating into nothingness later the same day.