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Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the duck-and-cover dept.

astroengine writes "On Tuesday, the Earth was hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME), triggering a 'moderate' geomagnetic storm, igniting aurorae at high latitudes. The CME in question was launched from the sun early on Sunday and space weather scientists predicted its arrival on Aug. 3 — the vast magnetic bubble of solar plasma arrived on schedule."

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  1. Don't Give In! by VoxMagis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn it, we need to shoot back. Don't let the Sun see us flinch, make sure that we retaliate in kind!

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    1. Re:Don't Give In! by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 3, Funny

      I read this article without my glasses on. I was a bit disturbed that a conjugal mass erection hit the earth.

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    2. Re:Don't Give In! by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's not very Christianly of you. What ever happened to "turn the other hemisphere"?

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    3. Re:Don't Give In! by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

      George W Chimpface says:

      "Stars like Sol, Sirius, Canopus, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, glowing to threaten the dark of the world. The United States will lead a coalition of the willing to blacken it!"

    4. Re:Don't Give In! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That's not very Christianly of you. What ever happened to "turn the other hemisphere"?

      Good idea. Get back to me in 12 hours.

  2. Ahh, that explains it. by grub · · Score: 2, Funny


    I was wondering why my RealDoll with the motorized enhancements seemed extra frisky this morning.

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  3. Awesome. by DWMorse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Galactic porn. Very awesome. Earth was left glowing and satisfied.

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  4. Everyone STOP MOVING! by Shanrak · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sun just lost a contact.

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  5. The last time there was a... by hbean · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...mass ejection of corona like this, it was spring break in Cancun.

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  6. Hey Oli, what's the weather outlook? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    SPACE WEATHER!!!

  7. Re:Reminds me of a Star Trek: TNG episode... by Itninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    My nerd detector just exploded.

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  8. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by __aasqbs9791 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Steve Jobs is busy with other matters right now, so it could be a while. /s

  9. Re:Reminds me of a Star Trek: TNG episode... by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 2, Funny

    You should have sprung for the extra money and gotten the model that's shielded against solar radiation.

  10. Re:Reminds me of a Star Trek: TNG episode... by SQLGuru · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope you were wearing a condom.

  11. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know nothing of this event do you.

    You could SEE the fricking sunspot on the sun. at sunrise you could see it with the naked eye. and if you know anything about sunspots you know that they WILL collapse and cause a CME.

    You know absolutely nothing about astronomy, stop talking. It's making you look like either Glenn Beck or a Retard...

  12. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Funny

    A friend of mine is a Mason and he said it's next wednesday at 4:35pm. Unfortunately the Holy Grail will not be available as it's currently in their vaults awaiting re-release after a hiatias to drum up more interest..

    I guess the Aliens from area 51 stole the thunder out of seeing the holy grail, and a dumbass in the dayton Ohio Temple drank from it when they last had it and his head melted.

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  13. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aw, great, astrometeorologists, with bad hair pieces and stupid patter.

    He smiles at the camera, then tells a little joke
    He always says it's sunny if the telestrator's broke
    Thinks clouds are made of cotton and are blown up to the sky,
    But he's got a steady income as a TV weather guy

    "They say I'm not qualified to be on the TV
    Don't know Fahrenheit from Celsius so I just say 'degrees'
    I just read the temperature and make up a bunch of lies
    and end up being right more than the guy on channel 5."

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  14. Yo by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    He who smelt it, dealt it.

    Signed,

    Sol

  15. Re:Thank goodness there's no damage by Chris+Burke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, the ol' "trick the new guy into drinking from the Grail" bit. "It'll make you immortal! We've all done it! *snicker*"

    The Masons haven't been the same since they cracked down on Freshman hazing. :(

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  16. Re:Reminds me of a Star Trek: TNG episode... by gestalt_n_pepper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, maybe not where *you* shop.

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  17. No Ka-Boom? by jd2112 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Ka-Boom.
    -Marvin.

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