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NASA's Parker Solar Probe just became the 1st spacecraft to fly through a solar explosion, and it captured it all on camera (www.livescience.com)

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[–] myfavouritename 3 points 1 year ago

I thought that too when I saw it. But I believe the Parker solar probe only looks at the sun. That was probably a huge disruption on the surface of the sun, similar to the little spots that are seen before and after, but on a much larger scale.

Could that have been the site of the eruption that caused the plume that the probe flew through?