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Tuesday, August 1, 2023


The monsters that live on the Sun are not like us. They are larger than the Earth and made of gas hotter than in any teapot. They have no eyes, but at times, many tentacles. They float. Usually, they slowly change shape and just fade back onto the Sun over about a month. Sometimes, though, they suddenly explode and unleashร‚ energetic particles into the Solar System that can attack the Earth.ร‚  Pictured is a huge solar prominence imaged almost two weeks ago in the light of hydrogen. Captured by a small telescope in Gilbert, Arizona, USA, the monsteresque plume of gas was held aloft by the ever-present but ever-changing magnetic field near the surface of the Sun. Our active Sun continues to show an unusuallyร‚ high numberร‚ of prominences, filaments, sunspots, and large active regionsร‚ as solar maximum approaches in 2025. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/44PjSLp

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