Gold Sun Loops Material:Stretched Canvas This was a 12

This was a 12

equivalent to 800 billion suns

offers a clear view in profile of magnetic particles spinning along criss-crossing arcs of magnetic field lines (taken in the AIA 171 wavelength but colorized red) from Aug

They believe the lobes may have been formed by winds from massive stars

The Eagle Nebula image was taken in November 2004 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope

Gold Sun Loops Material:Stretched Canvas This was a 12A dark prominence can be seen crossing right underneath a coronal loop (Aug. 26 28, 2012). Prominences are long strands of cooler gases that float above the Sun's surface. The loops that we see here in extreme ultraviolet light are magnetic field lines being traced by spiraling particles above active regions. It is not uncommon for a prominence to stretch under these connecting loops, but it is harder to see unless they are in profile, as they are