NASA releases more rare images of sun’s super-hot ‘dragon tail’

More images are released by NASA.

NASA releases more rare images of sun’s super-hot ‘dragon tail’
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Science Recorder | Colin Hanning | Saturday, February 02, 2013

NASA has released additional images captured during a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) in July 2012, some of which clearly show the formation of CMEs -- a first for astronomers. The images, which allowed astronomers to confirm that flux ropes -- long strands of magnetic energy -- precede the formation of CMEs, are the first captured by the space agency... To continue reading, subscribe to Science Recorder today.

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