Flaring Temper Causes Sun to Quake

SPACE ^ | 4-18-2008 | Jeanna Bryner

[george76]

Mighty eruptions on the sun trigger bursts of sound waves that ripple across the fiery ball of gas.

The finding, which will be published in the May 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, comes from data collected with the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a joint venture between NASA and ESA.

Astronomers have known that sound waves constantly trek toward the sun's interior, producing a background "ringing" of sorts. As they move through the sun's plasma, the sound waves take on a pulsing pattern of five minutes, and hence are called five-minute oscillations.

They are also called starquakes.

"It's like waves in the ocean."

"This large flare on the sun, this disturbance, shakes the sun and then it keeps vibrating for some time with these global oscillations," .

A similar phenomenon occurs on Earth in the aftermath of large earthquakes. For example, after the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake, the whole Earth rang with seismic waves for several weeks.

[george76]

(SOHO), a joint venture between NASA and ESA.

[MNJohnnie]

No it not. The sun is looking down at who is running for President of the United States in 2008 and is laughing so hard it is shaking.

[wastedyears]

I was watching stuff on the sun on the History Channel two days ago, and they said that the sun has a sound. They said the sound compares to the loudest rock concert you’ve ever been to, and that speakers would cover the entire surface of the sun. If you just get a wall of 50 Marshall cabinets, you’d be able to hear the band clearly half a mile away.

Talk about overload of decibels.

[tumblindice]

Here comes the sun king
Here comes the sun king
Everybody’s laughing
Everybody’s happy
Here comes the sun king

Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel

[JRios1968]

Needless to say, it’s Bush’s Fault.

[Rudder]

Of course by definition, if it is not heard it is not sound.

[LiveFreeOrDie2001]

Dang it, you beat me to it by a few minutes!

[mikrofon]

OK, the Sun plays the tune, the Earth hums -- they need to find a celestial body that can sing...

[UCANSEE2]

“”This large flare on the sun, this disturbance, shakes the sun and then it keeps vibrating for some time with these global oscillations,”

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Bet he’s popular with all the women. (sunnesses?)

[theFIRMbss]

>Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon
Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol
Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel

Mommy told me something
a little kid should know.
It's all about the devil
and I've learned to hate him so.
She said he causes trouble
when you let him in the room.
He will never ever leave you
if your heart is filled with gloom.

So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin.
Smilers never lose
and frowners never win.
So le the sun shine in
face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

When you are unhappy,
the devil wears a grin
But oh, he starts to running
when the light comes pouring in
I know he'll be unhappy
'Cause I'll never wear a frown
Maybe if we keep on smiling
He'll get tired of hanging 'round.

If I forget to say my prayers
the devil wears a grin.
But he feels so awful awful
when he sees me on my knees
So if you're full of trouble
and you never seem to win,
Just open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

So let the sun shine in
face it with a grin.
Smilers never lose
and frowners never win.
So le the sun shine in
face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in.

[george76]

Louder than a teenager’s stero ?

[UCANSEE2]

Flaring Temper causes Sun to Quake.

I think he just got his Carbon Debit Bill.

[tumblindice]

And if the devil doesn’t like it,
he can sit upon a tack!

[RightWhale]

it is not sound

True. It is acoustics.

[theDentist]

Here's your celestial body... Shania.

[bert]

The subject of sound is well noted in the Hichiker series Restraunt at the End of the Universe by Dougulas Adams. The mention was related to a Rock Concert by the band Disaster Area rather than the sun.

[JRios1968]

[CarrotAndStick]

The Sun is one giant nuclear bomb, that’s still blowing up.

To call it noisy would be an understatement.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx!

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !