A New Kind of Explosion on the Sun (VIDEO) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Forced magnetic reconnection, caused by a prominence from the Sun, was seen for the first time in images from NASA's SDO. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAHJXLIbKA Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13422 Credit NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.