A comet went into the Sun this past Sunday causing speculation that it may have triggered a new Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) that causes auroral displays. This is a departure of the one that hit the sun earlier this year on this thread: https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,98413.msg724240.html#msg724240 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,98413.msg724240.html#msg724240)
I mentioned the comet approaching the sun on the Christianity thread last night before it went in: https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,105522.msg805376.html#msg805376 (https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,105522.msg805376.html#msg805376)
The video of the comet and CME is here: http://www.spaceweather.com/images2011/03oct11/cometandcme.gif (http://www.spaceweather.com/images2011/03oct11/cometandcme.gif)
The Spaceweather. com page with the article: http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=04&month=10&year=2011 (http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=04&month=10&year=2011)
This particular CME is headed away from us though.
Joelene the Astronomer