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A Triangular Prominence Hovers Over the Sun

By |2024-09-02T09:09:35-04:00September 2nd, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Why is there a triangle hovering over the Sun? Although the shape is unusual, the type of structure is not: it is part of an evolving solar prominence. Looping magnetic fields on the Sun channel the flow of energetic particles, sometimes holding glowing gaseous structures aloft for months. A prominence [...]

A Solar Prominence Eruption from SDO

By |2024-08-18T09:09:15-04:00August 18th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day One of the most spectacular solar sights is an erupting prominence. In 2011, NASA's Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamic Observatory spacecraft imaged an impressively large prominence erupting from the surface. The dramatic explosion was captured in ultraviolet light in the featured time lapse video covering 90 minutes, where a new frame was [...]

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