The Sun decided to blow off a little steam today. Twice. | Bad Astronomy

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Today, the Sun had two relatively minor — but quite cool-looking — events. One was a prominence eruption , where a loop of ionized gas is lifted from the Sun’s surface and is ejected into space, and the other an M1 class flare on the Sun’s edge. Neither will affect us here on Earth, but are interesting to watch. Camilla Corona SDO — the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s unofficial mascot — posted a nice… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : DiscoverMagazine Discovery Date : 23/03/2012 22:17 Number of articles : 2

The Sun decided to blow off a little steam today. Twice. | Bad Astronomy

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