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| Author: | Ablazin Scar [ December 16th, 2011, 2:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Comet Survives Trip Through Sun |
"A newfound comet defied long odds on Thursday (Dec. 15), surviving a suicidal dive through the sun's hellishly hot atmosphere, according to NASA scientists. Comet Lovejoy plunged through the sun's corona at about 7 p.m. EST (midnight GMT on Dec. 16), coming within 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) of our star's surface. Temperatures in the corona can reach 2 million degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 million degrees Celsius), so most researchers expected the icy wanderer to be completely destroyed. But Lovejoy proved to be made of tough stuff. A video taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft showed the icy object emerging from behind the sun and zipping back off into space." Wut. Big chunk of ice can survive 2 million degree heats. Seems like a lot of weird things have been happening in space. The thing next to mercury, the new planet, and now this. |
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| Author: | Adbot [ December 16th, 2011, 2:12 pm ] |
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| Author: | CreepyPirate [ December 16th, 2011, 3:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comet Survives Trip Through Sun |
So not through the sun. That would be impossible. It must have been a very big comet. |
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| Author: | Pogstamp [ December 18th, 2011, 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Comet Survives Trip Through Sun |
Does it have any possibility of hitting earth? because i know a asteroid may hit earth in 2036... http://www.deepastronomy.com/apophis-asteroid-could-hit-earth.html V. |
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