>>>>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/28/comet_ison_breaks_up/
>>>>>
>>>>>New here this morning says that U.S. astonomers believe something has emerged - maybe only a smaller fragment.
>>>>
>>>>I guess, quite literally, we will see ...
>>>
>>>Not without binoculars (or a telescope) ;-{
>>
>>And clear skies - never a given in my area this time of the year.
>>
>>It looks like reports of its death MAY have been premature:
>>
>>http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/comet-ison-may-have-survived/
>
>Odd how it appears to be larger coming out - but with no obvious tail away from the sun.

One interesting thing about this is ISON was a first time comet. Never seen before, first detected Sept 2012. So presumably if one was ever earth bound (a very remote possibility) thats about how much notice we would get. Certainly not enough time to do anything about it.