Solar Eruption To Reach Earth Soon

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:18AM from the everybody-duck dept.

rastos1 writes "Spacecraft from NASA recently observed an eruption on the Sun sending billions of tons of particles toward Earth. The solar eruption, called a coronal mass ejection, occurred Tuesday at 1:24 a.m. EDT (0524 GMT) and sent charged particles streaking outward at 380 miles per second. That's just over 1.3 million mph (2.2 million km/h). The solar fallout from the sun storm is expected to reach Earth over the next few days. Interestingly, an unnamed icy comet from the outer solar system dove into the sun and disintegrated nearly a the same time (video)."

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Re:Translation please! by egcagrac0 · 2013-08-23 02:34 · Score: 4, Funny

Could you give that in manhattans^(1/2) per dog year, too?
On a scale of one to tipsy, I'd say it's right between ocelot feathers and 7!.
One word by RivenAleem · 2013-08-23 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

*Burp*
I guess .... by PPH · 2013-08-23 02:46 · Score: 4, Funny

... Ballmer got the message.

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One of my favorites by jratcliffe · 2013-08-23 03:45 · Score: 4, Funny

Astrophysicist walks into a bar, orders a Mexican beer. Bartender yells, "OK, that's it, everybody out NOW!!!" As they're all leaving, another customer asks the astrophysicist, "what the heck is going on?" Astrophysicist replies "Coronal Mass Ejection."