{"id":"47633","title":"Sun","excerpt":null,"featuredImage":{"id":106780,"url":"https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?w=640","alt":"","caption":"NASA image captured December 6, 2010 To view a video of this event go here: www.flickr.com\/photos\/gsfc\/5258354738<\/a> A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted (Dec. 6, 2010) with a flourish. STEREO (Behind) caught the action in dramatic detail in extreme ultraviolet light of Helium. It had been almost a million km long (about half a solar radius) and a prominent feature on the Sun visible over two weeks earlier before it rotated out of view. Filaments, elongated clouds of cooler gases suspended above the Sun by magnetic forces, are rather unstable and often break away from the Sun. Credit: NASA\/GSFC\/SOHO NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/a><\/b> enables NASA\u2019s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA\u2019s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency\u2019s mission. Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/b> Join us on Facebook<\/a><\/b>\n","credits":"","fit":"cover","zoom":0,"focalPoint":{"x":0.5,"y":0.5},"parallax":"no","detailLink":null,"fullyHydrated":true,"contentType":"image","width":640,"height":620,"sizes":"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px","srcSet":"https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=300,291 300w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=768,744 768w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=1024,992 1024w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=1536,1488 1536w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=2048,1984 2048w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=400,387 400w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=600,581 600w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=900,872 900w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=1200,1162 1200w, https:\/\/smd-cms.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pia03149-copy.jpg?resize=2000,1937 2000w"},"link":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/"}

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