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Ever seen a comet crash into the sun? Thanks to NASA, you have now.

(Via NASA/SOHO)

As awesome as this looks, NASA points out that the “explosion” was not caused by the comet:

Scientists, however, have yet to find a convincing physical connection between sun-grazing comets and coronal mass ejections. In fact, analysis of this CME using images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that the CME erupted before the comet came close enough to the solar surface to interact with strong magnetic fields.

Source: motherjones

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