http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/comet-hits-sun-huge-explosion-cme_n_999110.html
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a satellite monitoring the sun, caught an amazing scene over the weekend: A comet slammed into the sun, and then, a few minutes later, a solar explosion occurred.The video, created by a sequence of images and available above, could be out of a Hollywood blockbuster. It shows a fiery comet approaching and appearing to collide with the sun and, seconds after the collision, the sun emits a huge blast from the other side.
The video creates the impression that the comet is somehow related to the explosion, which is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME.
But scientists say the two events aren’t actually linked.
According to a blogpost from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, “…there still remains zero evidence for a link between sungrazing comets and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that can’t be better explained than by simple coincidence.”
Jump to Featured Article at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/07/comet-hits-sun-huge-explosion-cme_n_999110.html
Please comment on this story and/or suggest any other resources that may be helpful.
Get Social