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Sun Blasts Another CME At Earth and Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the careful-you-could-put-an-eye-out dept.

astroengine writes "On Friday, the sun hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) at our planet that sparked a strong geomagnetic storm and beautiful aurorae at high latitudes. Late on Sunday (EST), the sun unleashed yet another Earth-bound CME after an M9 flare erupted over a particularly active sunspot region — the CME is expected to hit Earth on Tuesday and Mars on Wednesday. This series of flares and CMEs have ignited the strongest period of solar storms since 2005, according to an NOAA space weather advisory."

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  1. Correction by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean "Oracle Blasts Another CME At Earth and Mars"

  2. Ra is pissed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somebody better sacrifice a goat or some shit

    1. Re:Ra is pissed by Lotana · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why is it always a goat?

      I am curious about the origin of the sacrificial goat expression. Whenever there is any talk of non-human sacrifice it is this particular animal that is immediately brought up. Is it because goats are more commonly available? Why not cows? If I remember correctly, the bible mentions male sheep as the sacrifices used. So where did the goat originate from?

      I know that if I was a god, I would prefer something more exotic and harder to obtain in order for my followers to prove their devotion. Farm animals and humans are so easily obtained that it would be boring and routine. For my sacrifices I would require something rare like an albino tiger or dangerous to obtain like young, fully grown elephant. My blessings are not cheap!

  3. Strongest period of storms... by pie21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This series of flares and CMEs have ignited the strongest period of solar storms since 2005, according to an NOAA space weather advisory.

    Sounds like pretty clear evidence of solar warming to me.

  4. Not Surprising by wbr1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's 2012 baby. The end is nigh!

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    Silence is a state of mime.
  5. Sun? by singingjim1 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Microsystems? It's flaring back up again? Nice! But I thought is was the Blade, not the Flare. Cool, new product!

  6. Re:They rank these storms by similar_name · · Score: 4, Funny

    It goes from C or M all the way up to X5

    Is that better than 11?