{"id":21028,"date":"2011-05-16T15:44:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2011-05-16T15:44:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:44:33","slug":"comet-flies-into-the-sun-huge-explosion-follows-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/comet-flies-into-the-sun-huge-explosion-follows-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Comet Flies into the Sun, Huge Explosion Follows {VIDEO}"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=109786\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&#038;photo_secret=ffce0fbd83&#038;photo_id=5715631317&#038;flickr_show_info_box=true\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=109786\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=109786\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"intl_lang=en-us&#038;photo_secret=ffce0fbd83&#038;photo_id=5715631317&#038;flickr_show_info_box=true\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty cool, eh? The comet, apparently, did not cause the explosion, and scientists have found no &#8220;convincing physical connection between sun-grazing comets and coronal mass ejections.&#8221; However, this video sure makes it look like the comet caused the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>In case you were wondering, the Sun is blocked out in the video so that much less bright objects (like the comet) can be more easily seen.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/24662369@N07\/5715631317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA\/SOHO<\/a> via the <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gsfc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA Goddard Photo and Video<\/a> flickr page:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;SOHO watched as a fairly bright comet dove towards the Sun in a white streak and was not seen again after its close encounter (May 10-11, 2011). 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