Wonder of ScienceApr 18, 2023

Loops of superheated plasma larger than the Earth dancing across the Sun, recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft.

Credit: SDO/NASA Goddard
Further reading: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/coronal-rain.html

SDO Shows A Little Rain On the Sun

On July 19, 2012, the sun treated viewers to one of its dazzling magnetic displays -- a phenomenon known as coronal rain.

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I try to imagine the sheer size of it. Like how would it be standing in front of it and looking at the super heated plasma shooting 80,000 miles into the space?

Apr 18, 2023 at 8:27pmWeb