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The Hundred Million Mile Pipe Organ

Posted by kdawson on from the louder-than-yours dept.

jd writes "Scientists have announced that the gigantic coils of plasma in the solar atmosphere, known as coronal loops, actually carry sound waves much like a pipe organ. Micro-flares on the surface of the sun create powerful blasts of charged particles, which are then guided through the coronal loops, creating the standing waves. Sheffield University is hosting movies and audio recordings of the sun's performance."

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  1. I translated the song and it says... by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..."La la la, I'm going to heat up and cook that little blue planet, just for the hell of it, la la la...."

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  2. Re:Mummy by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does it sound like when God farts?

    A perfect being would not fart, it seems to me. Farting is allegedly part of humanity's punishment for eating an apple without underwear on and talking dirty to a snake (er....something like that).

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  3. Now you have really done it. by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's hope that the RIAA does not hear about this or they will require the sun to be DRM'ed by Sony's fantastic systems.

    1. Re:Now you have really done it. by Hotawa+Hawk-eye · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, tell the RIAA. They'll send their technicians to the sun to install DRM, and when their technicians come back radiation-blasted to report that they failed, they'll send in the lawyers. Two for one deal!

    2. Re:Now you have really done it. by Dolphinzilla · · Score: 4, Funny

      it will be OK - they said they are going to go there at night...

  4. "A series of tubes" by davidwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's what a certain Alaskan Senator called them.

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  5. not bad by kbox · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds better than creed.

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  6. I would like to ask something... by JamesP · · Score: 0, Funny

    FREEBIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (lame lame filter, 2357113171923293137)

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  7. I'm sorry. by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not clicking on something called wang_mov.avi

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    1. Re:I'm sorry. by smoker2 · · Score: 4, Funny
      I'm not clicking on something called wang_mov.avi again !

      There, fixed that for ya ;)

    2. Re:I'm sorry. by MarkRose · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's people like you that killed Wang.

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  8. poto.... by Himring · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, 2001 space odyssey missed it as far as a score. It shoulda been phantom of the opera....

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  9. Re:Mummy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A perfect being would not fart, it seems to me. Farting is allegedly part of humanity's punishment for eating an apple without underwear on and talking dirty to a snake

    Bets?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj1KGZSFmfs

  10. Ah Ha! by gethor · · Score: 2, Funny

    So that's what I've been hearing! And all this time I thought it was the North Star!

  11. Nobody? by proxy318 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gonna make me do this? Sigh...

    "That's a big organ".

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    1. Re:Nobody? by number1scatterbrain · · Score: 2, Funny

      You say that to all the boys, don't you, Paris?

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  12. Vindication! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hah! So sound can travel in space! Take that, sci-fi nerds!

  13. i bet... by dunkelfalke · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... that this organ was also made by bloody stupid johnson

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  14. Re:Title stretches the truth by MightyMartian · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the article, the loops are up to 100 million km. 100 million km 100 million miles. So the tile is a bit exaggerated. Mistakes like this lead to problems with Mars probes...
    And imagine what happens with the anal ones!
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  15. Re:I hate to nit pick, but.. by NeuroManson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or I could just sum it up for you, and save you from having to install anything at all:
    "OooooOOOooooOooOoooooOOOOOooOOOooooOOOoOoOoooooOO OOooOooOooooooOoOooooOOOoOOooOooOOoOoOooOo"

    Any attempts at reverse engineering, however, will be rigorously pursued in court.

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