The Sun (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

The Sun

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This is the sun. The white areas are where the sun's magnetic field is especially strong, and are close to sunspots, which can be larger than the Earth. The sun is emitting plumes of hydrogen plasma (for example, near the upper right).

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SoHO, a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA

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