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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. Flares by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Could this have been the cause of the large solar flares that have been occurring this week?"

    No.

  2. Not quite quick on the draw... by p4ul13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "June 4, 1998 Web posted at: 3:50 p.m. EDT (1950 GMT)"

    Not exactly breaking news here. I'm pretty sure that since this article is 5 years old, the comets didn't cause the solar flares.

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    1. Re:Not quite quick on the draw... by hawkstone · · Score: 5, Informative

      And the best part? The year is in the URL, the dateline, pasted on every single image, and implicit in the references to Deep Impact and Armageddon in the first paragraph.