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On Friday, March 12, the Sun ejected a spectacular
'eruptive prominence' into the heliosphere. A European Space Agency (ESA) and
NASA solar watchdog observatory faithfully recorded the event.
At the time of this snapshot by the Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) the eruptive prominence seen at top right was
over fifty times Earth's diameter - and zipped through space, luckily directed
away from Earth.
SOHO is a mission of international cooperation
between ESA and NASA, launched in December 1995. Every day SOHO sends images
from which research scientists learn about the Sun's nature and behavior.
Experts around the world use SOHO images and data to help them predict 'space
weather' events affecting our planet.
Image credit: ESA/NASA
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