Spectacular Coronal Loop --- Courtesy of our Star... Video Source: NASA SDO. | Planetary Landscapes

What are coronal mass ejections? Big burps of sun-stuff!

NASA Solar Observatory Sees Coronal Loops Flicker Before Big Flares - NASA Science

Giant, bright coronal loops trace out the magnetic field lines above a solar active region, seen here in footage from June 4-6, 2018, with Earth inset for scale. The loops are traced out in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, which is emitted by ionized iron traveling along the field lines, superheated to about a million degrees Fahrenheit. Active regions are areas of intense and complex magnetic fields on the Sun that are often associated with solar eruptions. These images were captured

I captured a splendid example of expanding coronal loops seen in profile at the edge of the Sun (October 14-15, 2014). The bright loops began to form and grow after a long-lasting M-class flare erupted. The images we see in extreme ultraviolet light are actually particles spiraling along magnetic field lines arcing above the active region that was the source of the flare. They are reorganizing the magnetic field after its disruption. To give a sense of scale, these huge loops are reaching out mo

Coronal mass ejection (CME) | Definition & Effects | Britannica

The sun's coronal mass ejection eruption captured by Nasa - video