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Solar outburst rips tail off comet
The Sun is out of sight on the right-hand side of the frame, while Comet Encke appears as a small bright streak at left that gradually moves farther right. About halfway through the video, a corona...
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And to think that I was laboring under the mistaken idea that all American Scientist were like the Morons that run National Science Foundation.
Oh, and the vid isn't half bad either. ;)
I love the way that the comets tail is always moving away from the sun.
Look at the solar wind! I think thats reeely scarey. Imagine the vicious power of the thing, especialy the size of it. I think its been estimated that it travels 4x the distance of pluto them bounces back off the barrier of interstellar space or something(?).