“…in 2011, SDO watched as another tornado — this one about five times the size of Earth — gyrated at speeds of up to 186,000 mph (300,000 km/h).” ⊙_⊙
It’s 2017! And you know what that means? It means the copyright thingy at the bottom of the comic is slightly longer now! YAYY! But also it’s gonna’ be an exciting year for all things space, including the first launch of the Falcon Heavy, the August 21st Solar Eclipse in North America, and the impending doom of the Cassini probe. Well, not so much the last one. :(
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I’m ashamed to admit I do this to my fiancee all the time… “Look at that solar prominence! It’s bigger than Earth. DO YOU HEAR ME?? BIGGER THAN EARTH!”