Tsunami-like blast wave rips across the Sun 2

[holonat]

That's cool!

[extremewookie]

Blah blah we're so insignificant and all that CRAP.

So what if our bodies aren't lightyears long? We're SENTIENT, my bros and bro-ettes. In a million years or so (wild guess, of course) we might have the ability to create cosmic events that dwarf this GARBAGE. In a million years we might be eating tsunami-like blast waves for BREAKFAST

[cndnborn]

Considering the size of planet Earth in relation to the size of the sun,... I'd say that explosion would be powerful enough to blow this planet to pieces. Makes our little Atomic and Hydrogen bombs equivalent to nothing more than popcorn poping in the microwave.

[igotmydell]

omg!!did it like just make like so many rounds?that wave must be so bloody fast like omg.i am just totally baffeled

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

That wave was going really fast! When you consider the size of the sun

[Stonybroker]

if jupiter was to collide with the sun, it would simply ignite, as it is just a ball of gas. What i'm struggling to imagine is the speed of the wave, incredible.

[okuma0kuma]

takes a fire triangle to ignite fire so it wouldnt ignite untill jupiter was absorbed below the corona to spectactular sun storms

[k5lta]

sunquake

[elephantom12]

The largest star in the universe we have found has a volume of over 10,000,000,000 suns we are just insignificant creatures in this universe.

[katanoob]

@elephantom12 yeah? and what's the point? insignifiant or not, we live and we thrive.

[totsgood2]

omg its the end of the world!!

[Predatorfu9]

to compare size get a bowling ball(for sun), and then get a pepper corn. For Earth

That small.

The wave would kill earth so fast. And the hotness just ... instant....

it would kill juipter less then 10 seconds!...

[Dudekahedron]

um im thinking jupiter is the pepper corn... and jupiter would be gone in under a second.

actually besides the horrible long term and short term affects, jupiter colliding with the sun would look really pretty. xD

[Dudekahedron]

oh sorry i thought the vid was real time, since it's not i'd go with 1-1.5 seconds xD

[bardistass]

Boggles the mind trying to comprehend the speed, power and size of that wave....

[xsfslayer]

It's definitely hard to comprehend. If only we could harness such energy! Limitless potential... perhaps launch our civilization into space.

[milani0075]

Our civilization needs to appreciate its own planet first, before planning on launching ourselves into space. We know very little about Earth, but it's clearly a hospitable place to live. What the hell are we going to do in deep space, apart from sending our waves of human ignorance echoing into oblivion? I say we stay put, and stop fuc*ing around with nature, before it fuc*s with us back :)

[xsfslayer]

To "fuck around" with nature is still nature. Humans are part of the universe. Our ingenuity and drive for progress is a part of our nature.

Your thinking is a little backwards. If we are able to explore more of our solar system and eventually venture out of it, we could learn more about our Earth than we could ever have learned have we stayed put.

What the hell are we going to do in deep space? What we have been doing for millennia: explore, learn, build, live.

[xsfslayer]

Just because man kind becomes a space-faring civilization doesn't mean we abandon Earth. If humans survive long enough, our population will exceed the available landmass. Perhaps there will be ingenious alternatives for living on Earth; e.g. homes that float on water, or perhaps even build communities under water. But if we live long enough, there will be a point where the Earth cannot efficiently sustain our numbers.

If we do venture into space, there will always be people remaining on Earth.

[deadhunter12345]

Ok guys we got it, you're good at maths teh..

[uexp4]

for got to finish other post with calculation

2199114.858/108000= 20.362

these are approxiamate calculaltion

i think that wave was traveling at an average speed of 20km/s ( 12.42 mile/sec) and i believe that its top speed was atleast 50 km/s ( 31.06 mile/s)

[orgminyak]

Hmm 20km per hour seems very very slow. i mean u can see it reaching the other side under 2 seconds. And ur calculation below; 1.4 km? huh?

[uexp4]

it's not per hour, it's per second.

[xsfslayer]

Hmm. Do you divide the sun's circumference by the time it took to reach the other side? If so, I get different numbers.

Speed = distance/time

or speed = circumference/time

Their site link says it took 30 minutes for the wave to reach the other side, so:

Average speed:

4,366,813 km / (30minutes x 60 seconds)

= 2426 km / second

In comparison, the space shuttle's max speed is about 15,000 miles per hour, or 6.7056 km/sec.

Just wondering if I've made a mistake since my numbers differ from yours

[uexp4]

my calaulations was the speed it took across the screen.

[uexp4]

by my calulation and the specs that was given that it took 30 mins to reach the other side

1.400000 km X Pi = 4398229.715 km circumference

4398229 divided by 2 = 2199114.858 km thats half the diameter of the sun.

tims in secs

30x60x60= 108000secs

2199114.858/108000=

[RomanianUser]

"-106043202 km / hour ?" "-NAAAAHHHHHH you lost the bet ! "

[Dudekahedron]

holy shit that's huge and fast!

[danphobic]

I saw this article in the Sun.

[SatoriSoul]

Impressive... the amount of energy needed to cause a ripple/shockwave to travel around Sol boggles the mind. Do they have any solid numbers as to the total energy released during that blast?

[TripingAIR]

iam sure no one wants to give it a shot, too big lol but iam gona say More then every nuke on our planet just my guess

[FeroxX]

that wave could easily wipe out earth itself :S its frightening to think over how small we are :$ brrr...

[Kyzersawsay]

It took, guess from the counter, 1 hour to go through the whole surface of the sun.

[TJP06]

thats a masive blast!! to have a wave like that fly across the enourmous star like that, jeez!

[zeke225]

If that occurred here it would put manufactured atomic weapons to shame.

[petieng]

What time scale does this happen in? I'm guessing the counter in the top right is Hrs/mins/Secs?

[newscientistvideo]

Hi petieng, yes that's right. According to the article we linked to, the blast "occurred near one edge of the Sun's face and traveled to the other edge in about 30 minutes".

Michael Marshall, online editorial assistant

[authmaax]

damn that does not resonates does it? :/

[SentinelSoul]

Wonder how many satellites got knocked out by that shockwave

[adriansalamandre]

cool! Is it related to solar flare activity?

[babayaga321]

Looks like its related to the sunspot.... so a flare would potentially be a good bet!