newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.viddler.com/player/b6aece98/","customParams":{"flashVars":"fake=1"},"width":500,"height":488.75,"ratio":0.9375,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"viddler","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); The Sun seems to be having digestive problems, and just burped this 700,000-kilometer-long magnetic filament. That’s half the diameter of the Sun or about two times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Fortunately, it’s not headed our way.