Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
     fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation w
                    ritten by a professional astronomer.

                               2021 November 8

                                   IFRAME:
   [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/7NykS2kv_k8?playlist=7NykS2kv_k8&loop=
                             1;rel=0&autoplay=1

                        A Filament Leaps from the Sun
                Video Credit & Copyright: [3]Stéphane Poirier

   Explanation: Why, sometimes, does part of the Sun's atmosphere leap
   into space? The reason lies in changing [4]magnetic fields that thread
   through the [5]Sun's surface. Regions of strong surface magnetism,
   known as [6]active regions, are usually marked by dark [7]sunspots.
   Active regions can channel charged gas along arching or sweeping
   magnetic fields -- gas that sometimes [8]falls back, [9]sometimes
   escapes, and sometimes not only escapes but [10]impacts our Earth. The
   [11]featured one-hour time-lapse video -- taken with a [12]small
   telescope in [13]France -- captured an eruptive filament that appeared
   to leap off the Sun late last month. The filament is huge: for
   comparison, the size of the Earth is shown on the upper left. Just
   after the [14]filament lifted off, the [15]Sun emitted a powerful
   X-class flare while the surface rumbled with a tremendous [16]solar
   tsunami. A result was a cloud of charged particles that rushed into
   [17]our Solar System but mostly [18]missed our Earth -- this time.
   However, enough solar plasma did impact our [19]Earth's magnetosphere
   to create a few [20]faint auroras.

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