• By Kevin Kelly
    Dec 24, 2007 7:45 AM 49
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    The Sun Hurls Continent-Sized Blobs of Gas at Us

    Newly-discovered x-ray jets literally blanket the face of the sun, launching continent-sized blobs of superhot gas outwards at 200 million miles per hour. Which is just about 5% of the speed of light, and makes us second-think the chances a spaceship like the one in Danny Boyle's Sunshine might have of getting close to that sucker, even for a quick flyby.


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