Solar prominences put on strange and beautiful show in the Sun’s sky. Scientists studying the solar atmosphere are building a collection of fascinating moving features that they’ve spotted.

Prominences are regions of relatively cool, high-density gas that lie above the Sun’s surface. Observing them requires a narrowband solar filter centered on the Hydrogen-alpha (Hα) spectral ...

How solar prominences vibrate Date: June 7, 2018 Source: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Summary: Researchers have cataloged around 200 oscillations of the solar prominences during the ...

A solar prominence is a type of coronal mass ejection. Unlike solar flares, in which energy is released suddenly before being absorbed back into the sun, a solar prominence eruption sends massive ...

On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and ...

Solar prominences, explains NASA, are large, bright loops of plasma anchored to the Sun's surface in the photosphere — the visible surface of the Sun — that extend into the Sun's outer atmosphere.

See spectacular photos of the giant solar prominence of Aug. 31, 2012, during a massive sun eruption captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and other spacecraft.

Solar prominences are often associated with coronal mass ejections, a hugely energetic explosion of light, solar material and energy from the Sun.

A NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory photo shows a solar prominence erupting from the surface of the sun in March, 2010. These prominences can be tens of times larger than Earth.

Solar prominences tend to stretch tens of thousands of miles into space. However, the biggest eruptions can be far larger. According to Universe Today, a prominence recorded in August 2012 was ...

The April 8 total solar eclipse, showing a pronounced prominence at bottom. To observers on the ground, the prominences appeared as red dots along the perimeter of the eclipse. Image: paramsach ...

Solar prominences and filaments supply most of the material released in coronal mass ejections, eruptions from the Sun's atmosphere that can cause space weather and create geomagnetic storms on Earth.