IOTDnasasolar eruptionImage of the Day: Gorgeous solar eruption dazzles on the last day of 2012Megan WollertonTuesday, January 8, 2013 - 11:12am On December 31, 2012, there was a solar eruption that extended about 160,000 miles out from the Sun.
IOTDsolar eruptionvideoVideo of the Day: massive solar eruptionMegan WollertonThursday, July 21, 2011 - 6:00am This video of a solar eruption was produced for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Check out the crazy plumes of plasma breaking free from the surface.
