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The Hundred Million Mile Pipe Organ

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...."

  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).

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

    I'm not clicking on something called wang_mov.avi

    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 ;)