Sun gets smacked by a comet, with a bonus coronal mass ejection.

[denbot]

Very cool video.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/5715631317/

On Edit; Sorry, my wife sent me out for powdered curry.. The comet had nothing to do with the coronal mass ejection, but it makes for good video..

[LiberalLoner]

1. Linky-dink please? n/t

[geckosfeet]

2. So, a ball of ice gets close enough to the sun to smack into it?

Ok. I'm game.

At least post a link.

[Fumesucker]

3. So when does this happen?

[LiberalLoner]

5. LOL exactly. :) I think it happens on May 21st (isn't that when the rapture happens?)

[Pharaoh]

4. well ?

Where the fuck is the video or link?

[LiberalLoner]

6. It's a joke. n/t

[Timbuk3]

7. Here's a link

Not my post, but I was curious.

http://techland.time.com/2011/05/13/watch-the-sun-eat-a-comet-and-partly-explode/

[laconicsax]

8. Here's a link to what the OP's talking about:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/

[BlueJazz]

9. pretty cool Video

[Thor_MN]

10. Curry can result in mass ejections of hot plasma

At least in my personal experience....

[Pharaoh]

12. sounds like a sexual encounter to me

:rofl:

[Thor_MN]

13. Uh, I take it you have never eaten a spicy curry dish....

Highly spicy foods can burn going in, AND coming out...

Not very sexy, at least in my book.

[Posteritatis]

11. CMEs are neat. (nt)