SPACE - Big Pic: The Sun Like You've Never Seen It Before

Colorized Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun Courtesy of SOHO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA Scientists colorized this image to show the intensity of coronal mass ejections. In this image, the sun reaches out into space with long, super-intense flares of magnetized plasma called coronal mass ejections. When they're directed toward Earth, such ejections may trigger auroras. Especially powerful ejec ...

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