DiscoveryNews: Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun

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DiscoveryNews: Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun

Post by bystander » Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:31 pm

Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun
Discovery News - 2010 March 13
Ray Villard wrote:At first glance it looks like aliens are using the sun for target practice.

A string of bullet-shaped streaks of light appear to be shooting straight toward the sun.

These are proverbial snowballs in Hell, plunging 300 miles per second toward a fiery end in the sun’s atmosphere.
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Re: DiscoveryNews: Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun

Post by neufer » Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:36 pm

bystander wrote:Comet-Kaze Strikes The Sun
Ray Villard wrote:At first glance it looks like aliens are using the sun for target practice.

These are proverbial snowballs in Hell, plunging 300 miles per second toward a fiery end in the sun’s atmosphere.
For those mathematically inclined:
Art Neuendorffer

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