Comments on: Followup: Sunspot group’s loopy magnetism

By: Followup: Sunspot group’s loopy magnetism | Bad Astronomy | News Asked

Followup: Sunspot group’s loopy magnetism | Bad Astronomy | News Asked — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:46:46 +0000

[...] are emitted by plasma trapped in magnetic fields, so in a sense you can actually see the … Read Full Story Source: Discover Date Published: 20th April 11 Share and [...]

By: daniel mayberry

daniel mayberry — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:01:43 +0000

wonder if some of the same concepts with magnetic fields and combustible energy could be used in an engine? Not like that has never been thought of huh?

By: alex c

alex c — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:16:05 +0000

The lower right inset video resembles mandelbrot sets (or julia sets?) in motion. Pretty spectacular.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:45:22 +0000

@ 3. John Baxter :

Dear Virgin space cruises – I’m happy to take any cancelled seat for that Sun/Mercury cruise you’ve got going!

Nice videoclip there but so much going on I had to watch it quite a few times. Not that that presented any hardship or problem.

By: jearley

jearley — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:41:03 +0000

Actually, I was just talking with my classes about sunspots, using the same analogy about balsa wood planes, and kids DO still play with them, and still have the rubber bands snap. Cultural continuity!

By: John Baxter

John Baxter — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:30:13 +0000

Dear Virgin Space Cruises,
Please cancel my reservation for the Mercury / Sun cruise. Too violent.
Thanks.

By: IVAN3MAN_AT_LARGE

IVAN3MAN_AT_LARGE — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:02:03 +0000

Phil Plait:

[D]o you kids these days still play with balsa wood airplanes that use a rubber band to spin the propeller?

These days, the bloody spoiled brats are not interested if it doesn't run on batteries and doesn't have full remote control!

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:29:21 +0000

do you kids these days still play with balsa wood airplanes that use a rubber band to spin the propeller? It’s just like that

I did. And I made them explode on more than one occasion. My own balsa wood flare.

EDIT: Oops, had the wrong thing in my clipboard….