Watch: Unbelievable glimpse of coronal mass ejection from Sun

NASA released a short video of particular CME and said the CME was seen in extreme ultraviolet light by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in 2013, but it did not head toward Earth

Hyderabad: Beyond just sharing a close-up glimpse of ‘one star’ of the solar system – the sun, NASA in its recent short video showed the eruption of coronal mass ejection (CME) from its surface. These colossal waves of solar plasma shoot billions of particles into space at about 1 million miles, or 1,600,000 kilometres, per hour.⁣

“This particular CME, seen in extreme ultraviolet light by our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in 2013, did not head toward Earth. Unlike solar flares, which are powerful bursts of radiation that can temporarily cause communications and navigation blackouts, CMEs like this one can temporarily overload electrical systems if power companies are not prepared. Thankfully, our fleet of solar observatories helps us track these fascinating components of space weather, so disruptions on Earth are minimal,” NASA further wrote in the caption.

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Netizens, however, after watching the video, call the occurrence to be something like a solar fart. “Am I the only one that thinks solar flares look like sun farts,” a user commented. The comment received some hilarious responses within no time.

The post, which seemed to leave many surprised about the interesting occurrence, received over 4,466,158 views until now.

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