Sun Shreds Its Own Eruption
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On September 30, 2014, multiple NASA observatories watched what appeared to be the beginnings of a solar eruption. A filament — a serpentine structure consisting of dense solar material and often associated with solar eruptions — rose from the surface, gaining energy and speed as it soared. But instead of erupting from the Sun, the filament collapsed, shredded to pieces by invisible magnetic forces.
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- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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- Kathalina Tran (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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- Angelos Vourlidas (NRL)
- Georgios Chintzoglou (Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab)
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Editor
- Genna Duberstein (USRA)
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Data visualizer
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:47 PM EDT.
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