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X17 Solar Flare Sends 2B Tons of Plasma at Earth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spf-5000 dept.

Dr. Zowie writes "This morning a very large solar flare erupted from a large sunspot group that is crossing the face of the Sun. The explosion sent over 2 billion tons of material hurtling across the solar system toward Earth. Movies from the SOHO spacecraft show the flare in UV and the associated coronal mass ejection in visible light as they happened, and the impact of high energy protons that the flare launched at about half the speed of light. NOAA's Space Environment Center shows that the Sun's X-ray brightness went up 100x during the flare. Expect more aurora and geomagnetic effects in the next day or two!"

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  1. Helpdesk Excuse-of-the-Day by Vinson+Massif · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sunspots.

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  2. Astronomy is fun by pheared · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skinner: Ah, there's nothing more exciting than science. You get all
    the fun of sitting still, being quiet, writing down numbers,
    paying attention...[chuckles] Science has it all.

  3. Great... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now we can expect a lot more of those lame "no carrier" posts on Wed. Although for once, they could be for real since the interf32#@a#%$ATDT01[NO CARRIER]

  4. Braak out the RJ-45!!! by grocer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to find the ethernet cables and plug in all those wireless laptops...

    No 802.11b, 1 year!

  5. Tin foil hat! by Short+Circuit · · Score: 5, Funny

    And people told me my tin-foil hat wouldn't come in useful!

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  6. X10 is exacting its revenge by IGnatius+T+Foobar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The mighty and powerful X10 Corporation is now exacting its revenge upon its enemies! No popunders, you say? Fine! They have now upgraded from X10 to X17, and instead of simply displaying popunder windows they will now bombard the Earth with fireballs!

    (...and the followers of Mammon shall tremble.)

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