NASA | SDO Catches Surf Waves on the Sun

Scientists have spotted the iconic surfer's wave rolling through the atmosphere of the sun. This makes for more than just a nice photo-op: the waves hold clues as to how energy moves through that atmosphere, known as the corona.



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[lysolcokeHD]

Man I love this channel. GO SCIENCE!!!

[TrigonJilad]

The Sun- when being an average star is totally effin' awesome.

[MrSahagun]

The sun was our beginning and it will be our end. Good Informative video.

[rwz]

why are the recordings keep skipping frames? just curious...

[AnotherPostcard]

@aznlilboiz haha! Whoops. I think I just totally misunderstood your comment. I thought you were one of those people who don't understand what NASA (and, by extension, science) is really good for. Really sorry about that mistake. I was a bit tired. :)

[GoreTorn]

You whats fun? Walking up to random people and say "Man last night I just had a Coronal mass ejection!" and they think you ment something sexual.

[rwz]

@Napalmbl00t yea, right, the dude talking next to it doesnt skip... so try again.

[AnotherPostcard]

@aznlilboiz I think this kind of criticism is better applied somewhere else, like perhaps the defense industry, or the WTO, where the majority of those involved are motivated by greed and power, instead of the search for knowledge and scientific understanding of the universe we live in.

[DeadTreeDropOff]

@rojman123 each day, nasas spent million of million dollar into space just to save this planet. It's totally their job.

[tasuki]

The video I saw on the Drudge Report was better than this NASA video. Come on guys.

[Mosgaard]

Mmm... Surfing on the surface of the sun, hope they serve cold cokes there :P

[DeadTreeDropOff]

o man, we are 1 step closer solving world hunger and global warming!