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.

NASA
Show threadJesse CailApr 18, 2023
@wonderofscience The "Earth to scale" is simultaneously amazing and frightening.
Show threadRick
@jesse_cail @wonderofscience The 1:1000 scale model of the Starship Enterprise is just ridiculous. (Yes, someone is actually selling such a thing.)
Apr 19, 2023 at 2:20amWeb