It's the largest solar prominence ever observed in a single image together with the full disc of the sun. The eruption extended millions of miles into space.
It's the largest solar prominence ever observed in a single image together with the full disc of the sun, ESA said in a statement released Friday.
"At closest approach on 26 March, which will see the spacecraft pass within about 0.3 times the Sun-Earth distance, the Sun will fill a much larger portion of the telescope's field of view." The sun is getting more active. It started a new 11-year cycle in 2019, and that period's solar maximum -- when activity peaks -- is predicted to happen about halfway through 2025.
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