2022年2月16日 Eiffel Tower Prominence on the Sun Video Credit & Copyright: Hawk Wolinski Explanation: What’s that on the Sun? Although it may look like a flowing version of the Eiffel Tower, it is a solar prominence that is actually much bigger — about the height of Jupiter. The huge p […]
2022年1月30日 A Solar Prominence from SOHO Image Credit: NASA, ESA, SOHO-EIT Consortium Explanation: How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching from the solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominenc
2021年05月04日 Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Mehmet Ergün Explanation: That’s no sunspot. It’s the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, have a dark central umbra, a lighter surrounding penumbra,
