Thursday, February 21, 2013

Science News: Coronal Rain- A Rarity

NASA released a video this week of a cosmic rarity that occurs on the surface of the sun.

The rarity known as coronal rain happens on the Sun’s surface when a gas is superheated and bursts into the Sun’s atmosphere.

Once the plasma is in the atmosphere, it is cooled and its particles are trapped in the Sun’s magnetic fields.

The particles are then sent back to the sun’s surface and create an aura-like jet stream.

The video footage was captured in the early morning last July at NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

The CBS link below will show the video footage.



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