SDO Sees Spicules on the Sun (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

SDO Sees Spicules on the Sun

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Spicules on the sun, as observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. These bursts of gas jet off the surface of the sun at 150,000 miles per hour and contain gas that reaches temperatures over a million degrees.

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NASA Goddard/SDO/AIA

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