Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the much brighter photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot plasma, prominences contain much …

5 days ago · A European spacecraft caught rare footage of three successive prominences popping off the sun

Dec 15, 2025 · Prominences are among the most beautiful of solar phenomena. They are the analogues of clouds in Earth’s atmosphere, but they are supported by magnetic fields, rather than by thermal …

May 3, 2025 · Solar prominences are large, bright plasma structures extending from the Sun’s surface into its corona. They are cooler, denser hydrogen and helium compared to their surroundings.

Prominences are shaped by the Sun's complex magnetic field, often forming loops with each end anchored to the Sun's surface. Prominences are enormous, extending out for many thousands of …

Prominences are anchored to the Sun’s surface in the photosphere, and extend outwards into the Sun’s hot outer atmosphere, called the corona. A prominence forms over timescales of about a day, and …

Oct 8, 2025 · Solar prominences are large, bright features that extend outward from the Sun’s surface into its outer atmosphere, known as the corona. These structures are made up of hot, ionized gas …

When viewed spewing from the edge of the Sun against the darkness of space, astronomers call the feature a prominence. But when seen against the background of the Sun, from a different …

3 days ago · Watch As ESA's Artificial Eclipse Maker Catches 3 Solar Prominences Erupting One After Another The incredible observations are possible thanks to the formation flying of Proba-3.

3 days ago · Using artificial solar eclipses, the ESA probes Proba-3 are researching the corona of our home star. Now there is an impressive time-lapse.