Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 March 2
     [2]The featured image shows the Sun undergoing a large eruption in
      mid-Feburary where a large prominence is visible. Please see the
                 explanation for more detailed information.

                  Record Prominence Imaged by Solar Orbiter
   Image Credit: [3]Solar Orbiter, [4]EUI Team, [5]ESA & [6]NASA; [7]h/t:
                               [8]Bum-Suk Yeom

   Explanation: What's happened to our Sun? Last month, it produced the
   largest [9]prominence ever imaged together with a [10]complete solar
   disk. The record image, [11]featured, was [12]captured in
   [13]ultraviolet light by the Sun-orbiting [14]Solar [15]Orbiter
   [16]spacecraft. A quiescent [17]solar prominence is a cloud of hot gas
   held above the [18]Sun's surface by the [19]Sun's magnetic field. This
   [20]solar prominence was huge -- spanning a length rivaling the
   diameter of the Sun itself. Solar prominences may [21]erupt
   unpredictably and [22]expel hot gas into the Solar System via a
   [23]Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). When a [24]CME strikes the Earth and
   its [25]magnetosphere, bright [26]auroras may occur. This prominence
   did produce a [27]CME, but it was directed well away from the Earth.
   Although surely related to the Sun's changing magnetic field, the
   energy mechanism that creates and sustains a [28]solar prominence
   remains a [29]topic of research.

                 Tomorrow's picture: spiral galaxy NGC 2841
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