Solar Eruption Seen in Unprecedented Detail
May 27, 2008
In April, the Smithsonian-designed X-ray Telescope observed a powerful coronal mass ejection on the solar limb. This movie of the eruption was assembled from about 10 hours of still-frame exposures.
Credit: SAO/NASA/JAXA/NAOJ
Topics:
Environment, Technology Internet, Space plasmas, Plasma physics, Astronomy, Hinode, Coronal loop, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Corona, X-ray astronomy, Coronal mass ejection, Solar flare, Japanese space program, Sun