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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                    2024 May 26   
       A large filament on the upper left is seen lifting away from the Sun,   
         pictured on the lower right. Please see the explanation for more   
                               detailed information.   
      
                              A Solar Filament Erupts   
                      Image Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO AIA Team   
      
      Explanation: What's happened to our Sun? Nothing very unusual -- it   
      just threw a filament. Toward the middle of 2012, a long standing solar   
      filament suddenly erupted into space, producing an energetic coronal   
      mass ejection (CME). The filament had been held up for days by the   
      Sun's ever changing magnetic field and the timing of the eruption was   
      unexpected. Watched closely by the Sun-orbiting Solar Dynamics   
      Observatory, the resulting explosion shot electrons and ions into the   
      Solar System, some of which arrived at Earth three days later and   
      impacted Earth's magnetosphere, causing visible auroras. Loops of   
      plasma surrounding the active region can be seen above the erupting   
      filament in the featured ultraviolet image. Our Sun is nearing the most   
      active time in its 11-year cycle, creating many coronal holes that   
      allow for the ejection of charged particles into space. As before,   
      these charged particles can create auroras.   
      
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                        Tomorrow's picture: Chamaeleon Sky   
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