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Two Comets Slam into Sun

Posted by Cliff on from the solar-belching dept.

NightWulf notes: "CNN has an article about two comets that slammed into the Sun this week, causing it to 'burp.' They have some cool images of collision as well as a quicktime video. Could this have been the cause of the large solar flares that have been occurring this week?" Update: 11/10 03:07 GMT by H : Hah. Cliff's feeling retro I guess, and posted this story from 1998.

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  1. Okkkkk now.... by Transcendent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I doubt the comets made it anywhere near the surface of the sun to be concidered "crashing into it". Even from the videos they just seemes to dissappear far before they got close to the surface.

    And that tiny little speck of rock, even IF it hit the surface, would not have caused a solar flare.